The Ukrainian government decided to allocate an additional 5 billion hryvnia (about 130 million dollars) for the purchase of unmanned aerial vehicles for Ukrainian soldiers. Prime Minister Denis Shmygal announced this on his Telegram channel.
“Today, an additional 5 billion hryvnia was allocated to the security and defense forces. The funds will be used to purchase the necessary drones for our front-line defenders,” wrote the chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
Shmygal in October 2023 statedHe said that drone production in the country has increased a hundredfold during the year and more than 200 enterprises have started developing UAVs.
Minister of Strategic Industries Alexander Kamyshin in November reportedKyiv produces dozens of devices per month. He also announced “many other products” that were previously produced in very small quantities but are now available in reasonable numbers.
In parallel, a coalition of countries was created to develop unmanned aerial vehicles of the contact group for the defense of Ukraine. March 8, 2024 recognizedThat Canada also agrees with this. It was announced that Ottawa has already transferred to Kiev more than 100 specialized cameras for drones from the company L3 Wescam, and also plans to give more than 800 drones manufactured by Teledyne FLIR.
previously Ukraine signed Memorandum of understanding with the EU regarding obtaining a loan of 6 billion Euros.