Unknown Russian maker
Russian weapons documented in use whose manufacturer has not been publicly established.
Systems listed here are documented in use by Russia, but no public source names their manufacturer yet. Each moves to its maker’s page once one is established.
Most of what is known about them comes from recovered wreckage. Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence (HUR) catalogues the components it finds in Russian weapons in its War & Sanctions database, which often documents a weapon’s parts in detail while saying nothing about who assembled it. The V2U strike drone is an example: HUR said most of its parts were of foreign origin despite its Russian labelling, and that four firms, two in Russia and two in China, were involved in supplying or assembling it, without naming them (Kyiv Post). The Long War Journal noted in June 2025 that it was unclear which company developed the system.
Where a source names a possible maker but others disagree, the entry stays here and the competing attributions are described on the product’s own page.
Products
Missiles & loitering munitions
S-71M Monokhrom
Air-launched Russian cruise missile for the Su-57 in which Ukrainian intelligence found an Nvidia Jetson Orin computer, possibly for camera terminal guidance.
Introduced 2026 · Updated 2026
V2U
Russian electric strike drone that Ukrainian intelligence says can search for and select targets on its own, using an Nvidia Jetson Orin on a Chinese carrier board.
Introduced 2025 · Updated 2026
Sources
- war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua/en/components (2026-10-19) — Ukrainian Defence Intelligence catalogue of components recovered from Russian weapons.
- www.kyivpost.com/post/54228 (2026-10-19) — HUR named four firms (two Russian, two Chinese) in V2U supply and assembly without naming them.
- www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/06/ukrainian-intelligence-details-russias-new-v2u-autonomous-loitering-munition.php (2026-10-19) — It is not known which company developed the system.