Rosatom
Rosatom is a Russian state corporation that consolidates the country's nuclear energy and nuclear fuel cycle enterprises. It is responsible for managing Russia's civilian and military nuclear programmes, producing nuclear fuel, and building nuclear power plants at home and abroad.
-
IAEA reports drone strikes near occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, seeks eighth localized ceasefire
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported a series of drone strikes near the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in recent weeks that damaged transformers at the nearby thermal power station critical to the plant's external power supply and knocked out an off-site radiation monitoring station. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said he is negotiating with both sides on a new localized ceasefire to allow repairs — the eighth brokered by the agency for this purpose — and called strikes near nuclear infrastructure at peace and against nuclear infrastructure absolutely unacceptable.
-
Russian mobile air-defense groups likely using Chinese QW-18/19 MANPADS, observed in Rostov training
Russian mobile fire groups have likely begun fielding Chinese-made QW-18/19 man-portable air defense systems, according to imagery collected from training in Rostov Oblast. Russian personnel refer to the weapon as "Iva," and the launchers carry no markings, which investigators say may indicate an effort to conceal the country of origin.
-
Russia expanding carbon-fiber facility that could boost drone output by 78%
Russia's Alabuga-Volokno plant in Tatarstan is being expanded to produce an additional 500 tons of aerospace-grade carbon fiber per year by 2029, according to internal Rosatom documents collected by the Ukrainian Center for Security and Cooperation. Experts cited in the documents estimate the extra carbon fiber would enable production of roughly 28,000 additional long-range strike drones per year, an estimated 78% increase over current capacity of more than 36,000 Shahed/Geran-type kamikaze drones annually. The Russian government approved Rosatom's plans in May; satellite imagery from May through August shows land being cleared and foundations prepared for the new line, scheduled for completion in 2027.