Ukraine's Intelligence: Russia Has Stockpiled Up to 700 Ballistic Missiles
As of October, Russia has stockpiled up to 700 ballistic missiles, several thousand cruise missiles of various types and more than 6,000 strike drones for attacks on Ukraine, according to Ukraine's Defence Intelligence Directorate (HUR) estimates provided at the request of NV.
Ballistic and cruise missiles
Russia's current stock of Iskander-M ballistic missiles is about 115, with monthly production of up to 65. Russia is also developing an upgraded system with a projected range of 550 to 700 kilometres, against the current 500. Kh-101 cruise missiles remain the main component of massed strikes on Ukraine, with a monthly production plan above 80. Stocks of sea-launched Kalibr missiles are estimated at over 450, produced at about 29 a month; because of Ukraine's effective air defence, Russia has to send most new Kalibrs to a strategic reserve and to equip its fleets.
The arsenal of RM-48U anti-aircraft missiles adapted for ground targets for S-300PM and S-400 systems stands at up to 400, produced at about 40 a month. The stock of upgraded Oniks anti-ship missiles with extended range and a more powerful warhead exceeds 600, of which more than 55 were made in the first seven months of 2026. Stocks of Zircon hypersonic missiles exceed 120, with a slow production rate of just over 30 since the start of the year. Russia has temporarily halted production of Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles because of unsatisfactory accuracy and redirected capacity to conventional ballistic missiles.
Drones
Russia has substantially expanded production of long-range kamikaze drones at the Alabuga special economic zone in Tatarstan. This year's state order for Geran-type and decoy drones exceeds 100,000 units, which intelligence says "shows the enemy's systemic bet on exhausting Ukraine's air defence". The occupiers hold an operational reserve of about 6,200 Geran drones of various modifications, including jet-powered ones, and total monthly output of drones has reached 10,000.
Since summer the aggressor has focused on jet-powered Geran-4 and Geran-5 drones, assembling up to 4,000 a month, while still making up to 2,000 Geran-2 a month and hundreds of cheap plywood-and-foam Gerbera decoys to exhaust air defence and reveal the positions of anti-aircraft systems.
Earlier estimates
In June 2026, HUR said Russia could use up to 100 ballistic missiles a month without depleting its main stock. On August 10, HUR deputy chief Vadym Skibitskyi said Russia's defence industry was overfulfilling missile production plans by 110–120%, so no pause in attacks should be expected. On September 8, he told a Ukraine–NATO Interparliamentary Council meeting that Russia plans to finish testing a new ballistic missile with a range of up to 800 kilometres by the end of 2026. See also our report on Iskander-M and 180 drones in one night. More in our world section.