A new launch site for Shahed attack drones has been discovered in the Bryansk Oblast of the aggressor country russia. The facility was built this summer.
OSINT analyst Brady Africk has reported this on X.
The drone launch site is located near the settlement of Aleshok in the southeast of the Bryansk Oblast. The facility was built approximately 35 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.
Location of the UAV launch site. Photo: screenshot of the Google Maps map service,
The OSINT analyst published a satellite image of the facility. It shows four buildings, probably intended for storing drones, two launchers and protective earthen ramparts.
Satellite image of the launch site for Shaheds. Photo: Brady Africk / Maxar.
According to Africk, the russians have been building a launch site for the Shahed missiles for the past few months. As recently as July, there was nothing at this location.
Here is a time-lapse showing Russia’s construction efforts at this site, which was an empty field as recently as July.
— Brady Africk (@bradyafr) September 18, 2025
H/t to @detresfa_ for spotting this site early on. pic.twitter.com/csRINCLPzi
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, in August of this year, the Ukrainian OSINT project CyberBoroshno stated that the russians were building a launch site for the Shaheds at the Donetsk airport.
As we recall, in July, the American channel CNN reported that the russians were expanding a Shahed production plant located in the Republic of Tatarstan.
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