The Ukraine Government and the American company Swift Beat have signed an agreement for the joint production of interceptor drones that can knock down the Shaheds launched by the Russian armed forces. For the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, a step “in the good direction”.
The firm has coincided with a visit from the Ukrainian president to Denmark on the occasion of the formal start of the Danish presidency in the European Union Council and will allow, according to kyiv, the Manufacture of hundreds of thousands of drones only this year. For the next one, “there will be an increase,” Zelenski emphasized, according to a statement from his office.
The President has highlighted the importance of this contract with a view to guaranteeing the demolition of “a large number” of kamikaze drones used by Russian forces in a practically daily way. He also pointed out that Several Ukrainian companies can benefit from new technology and, therefore, raise its own level of production.
Zelenski expects his visit to Denmark to continue talking about the future integration of Ukraine into the European Union, so that new negotiation chapters for adhesion will open in the coming months. In social networks, he has expressed His concern about “political blockages” that prevent these advances, without alluding directly to critical countries within the block as Hungary.
For its part, the Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, He stressed this Thursday that “Ukraine belongs to the European Union” and that, during the Danish presidency, his government will do “everything possible” to favor this path of adhesion, for which there are no fixed deadlines.
