The Renault Group will produce military drones in Ukraine in association with another French company of the defense sector, The public radio reported this Sunday.
The information, which has not been confirmed or denied by the automobile group for now, follows statements by the French Minister of Defense, who On Friday he announced that a car company in this country was going to manufacture drones in Ukraine But without naming it.
Lecornu then pointed out that this association was beneficial For both parties, since the rigid French system in the defense industry It does not allow you to quickly mount a high cadence production line in its territory.
“France se will benefit with the learning of the tactical use of these devices. The Ukrainians They are better than ours “due to the experience that the Russian invasion has given them in the development of drone capabilities, “the minister acknowledged.
From the February Russian invasion, 2022, the Ukrainian Armed Forces They have revolutionized the battlefield with the imaginative use of to try to compensate for Russian numerical superiority.
From Very light devices that attack isolated soldiers in kamikaze missions to drones heavier bombingthrough others that spill molten metal as if they were flamethrower or that trigger nets to catch and knock down Russian drones, the imagination of Ukrainian technicians seems to have no end.
In addition, Ukraine has developed naval drones to attack Russian military ships. Ukraine plans to use this year More than four million dronesaccording to Franceinfo’s same information.