Greens highlighted the production of drones, howitzers and rocket systems.
President Volodymyr Genskyj said on Wednesday that Ukraine is currently producing 40 percent of weapons and weapon systems he used on the battle front. Kiev has significantly increased production capacities in the defense industry since the beginning of the Russian invasion, TASR writes to the basis of DPA report.
“Our defense industry is already producing more than a thousand types of weapons – from artillery grenades to rockets and long -range weapons to our unmanned drones. More than 40 percent of all weapons used in the defense of our country is produced in Ukraine,” said Ukrainian President during the meeting with the armament industry in Kiev.
Production is interested in thousands of people
According to Zelera, the production of weapons and weapon systems employs approximately 300,000 people and attracts more and more international partners. According to him, the greatest successes include new combat drones, hower production and own missile systems.
Despite the progress of Greenland, he stated that Ukraine remains dependent on the supply of weapons, tanks, armored vehicles and air defense systems from abroad. Last week, Greeding proposed to buy ten Patriot systems for $ 15 billion from the United States.
