Global Security Briefing Podcast Transcripts
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Global Security Briefing provides regular insights from leading international experts to help you make sense of the far-reaching changes affecting international security around the globe.
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Radioactive Russian Drones - A Conversation with Vitaly Shevchenko
October 7, 2026
Natia Seskuria (0:06)
Hello and welcome to RUSI in London. I'm Natia Seskuria, Senior Research Fellow for Russia, Eurasia and Black Sea Security at RUSI. And this is Global Security Briefing, the podcast from RUSI's International Security Team that provides insights on security developments around the world.
In April this year, Ukrainian air defenses shot down modified Russian Geran-2 strike drone over Chenehiv region near the village of Khanka. Investigators examining the wreckage found a radiation warning label on the warhead and detected gamma radiation at levels many times above the natural background. The story…
Vitaly Shevchenko (3:16)
The Ukrainian Security Service, the SBU, they said they found radioactive wreckage of Russian drones and also radioactive missiles. The word nuclear, they didn't use.
The first question in my mind was how on earth they found out this kind of debris was radioactive because they don't normally walk about with a meter checking things for radioactivity. Now, that is simple enough because these missiles, parts of these missiles had radioactive warning signs on them. That prompted the…
Natia Seskuria (5:17)
Russia appears to be mounting a Soviet era air-to-air missile and strike drone in order to threaten the aircraft and helicopters intercepting them. What does that adaptation tell us about the state of Russian production and stockpiles?
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