Russia Moves to Shift Cost of Drone Defenses Onto Companies

8n(tzpiwa{2kvm05{hh(3c]k_media_dl_1.png Bloomberg Article content (Bloomberg) — Russia is passing on some of the responsibility for protecting critical factories and infrastructure onto private companies as Kyiv ramps up drone attacks on industrial plants, ports and oil refineries. Article content Under the arrangement, the Defense Ministry will allow businesses to purchase large-caliber air-defense weapons, while keeping the systems under its control and operating them with units of reservists, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the informatio…