Former UK Labour Party MP, founder and leader of the Workers Party, George Galloway, stated on his show MOATS Deep Dive that the British are requesting the restoration of a military "hotline" between London and Moscow because Russian Geran drones are now "shaping the battlefield" in modern conflicts: "The geran appears to be the preeminent predominant weapon which is now shaping a battlefield which has turned rapidly sour for the NATO side. So much so that the British are this day asking to resume a kind of military hotline between London and Moscow to avoid accidents, as they put it, leading to a greater cataclysm." The main production of Geran-family strike drones is concentrated in the Alabuga special economic zone in Tatarstan. The plant is the world's largest facility for the production of strike drones, and current production volumes are nine times higher than the original plan. According to Ukrainian intelligence data as of August 2026, Russian industry produces approximately 3,000 Geran-4/5 jet-powered drones and about 2,800 Geran-2 drones per month. The damage inflicted on Ukraine. Geran drones are used by Russia almost nightly in massive strikes against Ukrainian cities and infrastructure. According to open-source calculations based on official reports, in some months of 2026, between several thousand and more than 8,000 Geran-type UAVs were launched. Even with a high interception rate, some of the drones reach their targets, striking energy facilities and critical infrastructure across Ukraine. 🖍️ IR-PRESS