Drones and long -range missiles: Ukraine will spend $ 1.5 billion on weapons production in 2024 - CNN

According to Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmigal, domestic weapons have proven itself well in the rear of the enemy, helping to destroy military facilities. One and a half billion dollars (UAH 55. 8 billion) plan to spend the government of Ukraine in 2024 on the production of drones, ladies and other weapons and equipment. CNN writes about it at the First International Forum of Defense Industria (DFNC1) in Kiev Prime Minister Denis Shmigal. A sum of seven times greater than last year.

According to him, these plans arose due to the fact that Kiev uses missiles and drones of domestic production to strike for targets in the Russian Federation, outside the front line. "We are launching new production. We are expanding those that have produced a full -scale invasion. We invest in new technologies and new developments. We are ready to help anyone who produces quality weapons for our army," the head of government said.

Shmigal noted that the defense industry of Ukraine remains for the Russian Federation one of the main goals of rocket attacks. Since the beginning of the war, 37 MIC enterprises have been injured, "we are now working on additional proposals for their restoration," he added. Volodymyr Zelensky also spoke at the forum, which was present representatives of 30 countries in Europe, North America, Asia and Oceania, as well as more than 250 weapons.

The President stressed that Ukraine is ready to offer special conditions for companies that do not mind developing the production of weapons together with Kiev. According to him, priority attention is now paid to the development of defense production with the use of modern technologies, the production of shells, missiles, drones in Ukraine in cooperation with the world leaders in this field and using our experience in their operation.

"The world sees what Ukrainian missiles, technologies and drones are capable of. We create the world's first naval naval drones that make Russian warships ineffective and make them hide," the Head of State said, adding that Ukraine will start producing artillery systems and 155 mm caliber shells, which were widely used during the war with Russia.