Special envoy to the kyiv region
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The Ukrainian defense industry is a matter of silence and secrets.
Hundreds of workshops and factories are now spread across the country, governed by strict security protocols and most often under detached protection from anti-aircraft defense.
Since December 29, 2023, bombings have increased on this activity which Russia increasingly considers as a priority target.
The already considerable precautions of Ukrainian arms producers have been increased: anonymity is requested by the drone manufacturer who has agreed to open the doors of its assembly site to us.
In the kyiv region, in a seemingly nondescript hangar, around ten men are working on a drone the size of an airplane.
On the wall is a portrait of Oleg Antonov, the engineer who founded one of the most important aircraft manufacturers in the USSR.
The apparent relaxation of the workers does not make them any more talkative:
“We…
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