Ukraine succeeded, in times of war, in building a “new defense industry”, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday.
The Ukrainian president assures that his country had already produced 25 times more artillery and mortar ammunition since the start of the year than in 2022.
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Ukraine managed, in times of war, to build a “new defense industry”President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed on Tuesday, ensuring that his country had already produced 25 times more artillery and mortar ammunition since the start of the year than in 2022.
kyiv is dependent on its Soviet-made stocks and deliveries from its Western allies, who have provided financing and weapons since the start of the Russian invasion in February 2022. But the country has also strongly developed its own industry. An initiative all the more crucial as its troops had faced a serious shortage of ammunition earlier in the year, the result of political battles in Brussels and Washington.
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“In the extremely difficult conditions of a large-scale war, under constant attacks from Russia, Ukrainians managed to build, so to speak, a new defense industry”was satisfied Volodymyr Zelensky during a forum devoted to these questions.
“In the first half of this year alone, Ukraine produced 25 times more ammunition for artillery and mortars than in all of 2022”he added. The country is capable of producing 4 million drones per year, assured the president, these machines having become essential on the front.
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Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal estimated during a government meeting that half of the munitions used at the front were of Ukrainian production. The development of infrastructure dedicated to military production is nevertheless complex, with the entire Ukrainian territory being within range of Russian missiles. The country also lacks funding to achieve its ambitions, officials recently explained. But Volodymyr Zelensky estimated that his country was on the way to becoming a “major player” in the sector.
