As of: February 14, 2024, 5:24 a.m
By: Sandra Kathe
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Ukraine wants to defend itself in the war against Russia with drones that can fly attacks from a distance of up to 1,000 kilometers.
Kiev – Ukraine wants to develop and produce long-range attack drones on a large scale for its defense strategy against the Russian war of aggression.
This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov in an interview with the
Reuters
news agency .
The politician, who as minister is also responsible for digital development, emphasized how quickly this technology has changed since the start of the Ukraine war.
Today, drones play a crucial role in the Ukrainian defense strategy and have most recently been used in attacks on Russian oil production facilities: Two years ago it was hardly conceivable that drones could be used “in a range of 300, 500, 700 and 1000 kilometers”. been.
Today, however, a good dozen Ukrainian companies produce such unmanned aircraft, which are also used for various purposes in the Ukrainian war.
In Ukraine, a dozen companies are already producing long-range drones.
(Symbolic photo) © Sergei Supinsky/AFP
Long-range drones in the Ukraine war: production increased 120-fold
What distinguishes Ukrainian weapons production from Russian weapons production is that most production facilities in Russia are state-run, while the market for drone manufacturers in Ukraine has been deregulated, which has allowed various competing products to emerge.
To this end, the country's government invested around $2.5 million in tech startups in the country last year.
Even significantly larger investments are planned for 2024.
This is reported by the Ukrainian newspaper
Kyiv Post
.
As early as 2023, Ukraine will have increased its production of long-range drones 120-fold, the deputy prime minister emphasized.
Before Fedorov, Ukrainian intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov had already stated that Ukraine could now match the drone production of the much larger aggressor country.
The role of drones in the Ukraine war: Unmanned units should become part of the armed forces
Because drone production in Ukraine still depends heavily on parts from abroad, everything should now be done to ensure that as many components as possible are manufactured directly in Ukraine, Fedorov explained in an interview with
Reuters
.
This could take the production of this important war technology to a new level.
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According to the Kyiv Post,
Ukrainian head of state Volodymyr Zelensky recently made it clear that drones are really one of the aspects that Ukraine wants to focus on in the war against Russia,
when he declared that he would make the “unmanned units” a branch of the Ukrainian military want to explain.
In line with this, the country has launched a training offensive in which 20,000 drone operators have already been trained at state expense at 20 private schools across the country.
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