<p >The Russian Aerospace Forces have received a new batch of Su-34M strike fighters, following a significant increase in production at the Chkalov Aviation Plant in Novosibirsk to approximately double the levels seen before 2022. Head of the state run United Aircraft Corporation Vadim Badeha stated that the Novosibirsk plant was operating on three shifts to keep pace, emphasising that a high production rate had been achieved. “One of UAC’s most important tasks is supplying military products to meet the needs of the Russian Ministry of Defence. We maintain a high production rate for aviation equipment. This year, we plan a further increase in the combat aircraft output,” he stated at the time. A previous batch of Su-34s was <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/russian-doubled-su34-production" >delivered</a> in mid-April, while in 2024 year batches were reported to have been delivered on <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/ruaf-new-batch-su34-glide-bomb" >April 5</a>, <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/russian-su34-batch-production-surge" >June 17</a>, <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/replenishing-strike-fleet-su34s" >September 2</a>, <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/su34-intensive-strikes-kursk" >October 9</a>, <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/russian-new-su34-third-consecutive-month" >November 25 </a>and <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/russian-air-force-new-su57-su34" >December 23</a>. </p><p ><img src="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/m/articles/2025/07/11/article_6870608c5525e6_26227109.jpg" title="Russian Aerospace Forces Su-34"></p><p >In October 2023 the Russian Defence Ministry gave directives to expand Su-34 production, with then Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/su34m-strike-fighters-batches-capabilities">observing</a> at the time regarding the Su-34’s role in the Russian Aerospace Forces: “This warplane is the main workhorse, they have four, five sorties every day.” He stressed the “need to step up, hurry up” with production. Alongside deliveries for domestic use, the <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/russian-su34-first-export-desert-algeria">appearance</a> of a Su-34 in a new desert brown and yellow colour scheme in mid-May has fuelled speculation that the aircraft have for the first time begun to be produced for export, most likely to Algeria, but possibly to another client with a similar climate such as Iran or Sudan. Although Russia has suffered from significant shortages of a number of kinds of armaments, ranging from main battle tanks to ballistic missiles and mortars, the country has retained a sufficient productive capacity of fighter aircraft to continue exports. </p><p ><img src="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/m/articles/2025/07/11/article_687060bed1f0a1_97997310.JPG" title="Gliding FAB-3000 Bomb Launched by Su-34"></p><p >The Su-34 has been procured in much greater numbers than any other Russian fighter class since the disintegration of the USSR, and is the heaviest and longest ranged fighter in the world. The aircraft’s production costs are estimated at under $10 million, depending in rouble exchange rates, allowing them to be manufactured on a large scale to equip frontline units and replenish wartime losses. The Su-34’s particularly high weapons carrying capacity has let it to be favoured for the provision of close air support in the Ukrainian theatre, with the use of precision guided glide bombs having become particularly common from early 2023. Reports from Ukrainian personnel on the frontlines have <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/gates-hell-bunker-busting-glide-bombs" >consistently indicated</a> that attacks using these kinds of ordinance have been devastating.</p>

<p >The Russian Aerospace Forces have received a new batch of Su-34M strike fighters, following a significant increase in production at the Chkalov Aviation Plant in Novosibirsk to approximately double the levels seen before 2022. Head of the state run United Aircraft Corporation Vadim Badeha stated that the Novosibirsk plant was operating on three shifts to keep pace, emphasising that a high production rate had been achieved. “One of UAC’s most important tasks is supplying military products to meet the needs of the Russian Ministry of Defence. We maintain a high production rate for aviation equipment. This year, we plan a further increase in the combat aircraft output,” he stated at the time. A previous batch of Su-34s was <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/russian-doubled-su34-production" >delivered</a> in mid-April, while in 2024 year batches were reported to have been delivered on <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/ruaf-new-batch-su34-glide-bomb" >April 5</a>, <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/russian-su34-batch-production-surge" >June 17</a>, <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/replenishing-strike-fleet-su34s" >September 2</a>, <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/su34-intensive-strikes-kursk" >October 9</a>, <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/russian-new-su34-third-consecutive-month" >November 25 </a>and <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/russian-air-force-new-su57-su34" >December 23</a>. </p><p ><img src="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/m/articles/2025/07/11/article_6870608c5525e6_26227109.jpg" title="Russian Aerospace Forces Su-34"></p><p >In October 2023 the Russian Defence Ministry gave directives to expand Su-34 production, with then Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/su34m-strike-fighters-batches-capabilities">observing</a> at the time regarding the Su-34’s role in the Russian Aerospace Forces: “This warplane is the main workhorse, they have four, five sorties every day.” He stressed the “need to step up, hurry up” with production. Alongside deliveries for domestic use, the <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/russian-su34-first-export-desert-algeria">appearance</a> of a Su-34 in a new desert brown and yellow colour scheme in mid-May has fuelled speculation that the aircraft have for the first time begun to be produced for export, most likely to Algeria, but possibly to another client with a similar climate such as Iran or Sudan. Although Russia has suffered from significant shortages of a number of kinds of armaments, ranging from main battle tanks to ballistic missiles and mortars, the country has retained a sufficient productive capacity of fighter aircraft to continue exports. </p><p ><img src="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/m/articles/2025/07/11/article_687060bed1f0a1_97997310.JPG" title="Gliding FAB-3000 Bomb Launched by Su-34"></p><p >The Su-34 has been procured in much greater numbers than any other Russian fighter class since the disintegration of the USSR, and is the heaviest and longest ranged fighter in the world. The aircraft’s production costs are estimated at under $10 million, depending in rouble exchange rates, allowing them to be manufactured on a large scale to equip frontline units and replenish wartime losses. The Su-34’s particularly high weapons carrying capacity has let it to be favoured for the provision of close air support in the Ukrainian theatre, with the use of precision guided glide bombs having become particularly common from early 2023. Reports from Ukrainian personnel on the frontlines have <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/gates-hell-bunker-busting-glide-bombs" >consistently indicated</a> that attacks using these kinds of ordinance have been devastating.</p>