You need to build them, you need to train operators, you need to deploy said operators. They are not autonomous.
A better question is, if Russia's electronic warfare capabilities are so amazing, how are the drones even able to operate?
We'll probably find out that the capabilities were either overstated, or not deployed nearly enough to matter. Pretty sure some AA battery money went to Yacht upkeep.
This is all speculation based on how I expect the governments there work.
I suspect that if the Ukrainians wanted Russian munitions, they'd just need to wander over in Russian uniforms, and pick some up...
I'm sure they do, but they're quite small and mostly made out of composites that are fairly transparent to radar. Their radar cross section must be very small compared to a gen 4 jet fighter.
> What is preventing Russia from building these things in the thousands and I don't know patrol the skies of eastern ukrain with it?
Money, corruption, inertia, brain drain...
Still not less than the most of missiles (engine, ordnance).
The real problem is what it is not some video game, you don't have a "satellite view" with enemy units outlined with a red rectangles. Eg S300 was designed in 70s, it's UI/UX is eye-watering.