Ukraine has the capacity to produce up to 8 million drones each year, but there is not enough funding to realize this potential.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated this while speaking at the Defense Industries Forum in The Hague.
Ukraine can produce 8 million drones annually
According to him, the potential of Ukrainian defense production is estimated at more than 35 billion dollars and covers about a thousand types of weapons – from artillery to advanced types of drones and missiles.
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“We have the capacity to produce about 8 million drones of various types per year, but funding for such a quantity is limited,” Zelensky noted.
The President also stressed that about 40% of the potential of Ukraine’s defense industry is not yet being used due to a lack of funds.
Let us recall that during the implementation of the large-scale special operation Spider's Web, Ukrainian special services were forced to bribe Russian customs officers in order to transport equipment subject to sanctions.
The kid said that in order to successfully complete the deal, it was necessary to deliver autonomous houses with a group of goods subject to sanctions to the territory of Russia.
A total of 117 drones were deployed for the mission.
