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Ukraine, as the President stated, is deploying production of ammunition for dron...

"Three more weapons and equipment": Zelensky awarded the employees of the domestic "defense" (video)

Ukraine, as the President stated, is deploying production of ammunition for drones at the system level and already has important rockets. In 2023, three times more weapons and equipment were released than last year. This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during the awarding of employees of the domestic defense complex, according to the website of the Presidential Office. He called such an indicator a very significant growth concerning ammunition for artillery.

According to him, Ukraine at the system level unfolds the production of ammunition for drones, there are important results in our missiles. "Quantitative and qualitative rates for missiles are already significantly larger, and will be even larger," he said. On December 15, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustam Umerov took part in the British-Ukrainian Conference on the Defense Industry held in Kiev.

According to the official, the purpose of the ministry for the next 2024 is to localize the production of weapons in Ukraine. According to him, it is necessary not only to create and develop the latest military technologies, but also to scale them. The Minister of Defense stressed that Kiev is interested in direct agreements with British producers and is ready to sign long -term contracts, since the United Kingdom is one of the largest partners and allies of Ukraine.

According to him, on service, military equipment and ammunition for the defense forces in the budget of the department allocated UAH 255 billion. We will remind, the expert named the conditions of production of more than 1 million drones in 2024 in Ukraine.