"US commercial satellite imaging company Maxar Technologies captured imagery in late August that appears to show paintball fields on the outskirts of the Yelabuga drone factory in Russia's southern Tatarstan region. The images, obtained by Business Insider, reveal large fields with objects resembling small fortifications, along with a row of parked cars and several small buildings."
"According to reports published in July by the Institute for Science and International Security and the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, Alabuga Polytechnic - which opened just three years ago - uses paintball both as part of its "military-patriotic education" program and, at times, as a form of student punishment. Russia's defense ministry and its embassy in the US did not respond to requests for comment,"
Satellite imagery reveals suspected paintball fields on the outskirts of the Yelabuga drone factory in Tatarstan. The fields appear connected to Alabuga Polytechnic, a college closely tied to drone production at the site. Alabuga Polytechnic has reportedly used paintball for military-patriotic education and sometimes as student punishment. Images show large fields with fortification-like objects, parked cars, and small buildings. The timing of the fields' emergence is unclear; they were not visible in April 2023 imagery but some site elements appeared by July. The facility produces Russian variants of the Iranian-designed Shahed-136.
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