A domestic security organisation building operator posts in every unit suggests that unmanned systems are being treated as a routine capability rather than a specialist attachment.
Unmanned systems have become a priority for Rosgvardia, Russia's National Guard, according to a senior officer interviewed by the state news agency TASS. Major General Sergey Khairudinov, commander of the Order of Zhukov Operational Brigade of the National Guard's Central District and a Hero of Russia, said the force has created dedicated posts for drone operators and is refining them across its structure.
"We have special positions provided for in our staffing structure," Khairudinov told TASS. "These positions have now been established in every unit and are being developed and refined, so we currently do not face a shortage of trained personnel capable of operating unmanned aerial vehicles. This is a trending field right now." The claim of no shortfall is the general's own, offered in an interview with a state outlet, and no figures were given for the number of operators, units equipped or hours flown.
Khairudinov described two uses for the systems. Unmanned aerial vehicles are often employed to strike enemy targets, he said, and they also carry out certain logistical tasks. He did not elaborate on the types of drones in service, the scale of logistical work they perform, or where such operations have taken place. The interview was published by TASS on 5 November and did not specify a location for the brigade's current activity.
The remarks matter because they place Rosgvardia, a force traditionally associated with internal security, territorial defence and the policing of occupied areas, inside the wider Russian drift towards drone-centric warfare. A domestic security organisation building operator posts in every unit suggests that unmanned systems are being treated as a routine capability rather than a specialist attachment. That has implications for training pipelines, procurement and the balance of duties between internal and front-line formations, though the interview offers no detail on any of these.
It is also worth noting what the general's confidence does not establish. A statement that personnel are not in short supply is not evidence of effectiveness, and the source gives no indication of how operators are trained, how quickly posts were filled, or whether the equipment matches the ambition. Independent verification of Rosgvardia's drone capacity is not available from this report. The interview should be read as an official account of intent and staffing, not as an assessment of capability.
For now the signal is institutional: a force built for internal control is publicly claiming a drone role and presenting recruitment as unproblematic. Whether that holds as the posts are "developed and refined", in the general's phrase, is not yet known.
