DECRYPTION – Ukrainian manufacturers have been pushing the government for several weeks to lift the de facto ban on Ukrainian arms exports.
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Artillery, drones, and even missiles since August 2024: while Ukraine constantly asks its allies for military aid, the country also produces its own weapons in large numbers. Since the start of the large-scale invasion, its defense industry has multiplied. In the first half of this year, it produced 25 times more ammunition than in all of 2022, it is capable of producing 4 million drones per year, and has started manufacturing standard-compliant 155mm ammunition of NATO. At prototype stage in 2022, up to eight Bohdana howitzers, similar to the French Caesar, come off Ukrainian production lines each month.
Despite the invasion, however, Ukrainian defense companies are not operating at full capacity. According to the Ministry of Strategic Industries, Ukrainian companies are now capable of producing weapons worth $20 billion per…
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