Ukraine will increase the purchase of its own drones in 2024

Ukraine This year the purchase of dronesin addition to other types of weapons and ammunition of national production, announced the president of the countryVolodymyr Zelenskyand his Defense Minister, Rustem Umérov.

“Next year, the enemy will feel the wrath of national production”Zelensky noted last night in his New Year’s Eve speech.

There will be weapons, artillery, projectiles and “at least a million Ukrainian FPV drones”, that have the ability to transmit in real time the images that are being captured with the camera to pilot it remotely, the president stressed.

“We will use everything generously. On land, in the sky and, of course, in the sea,” Zelensky said.

While, Rustem Umerov explained in an article published in the Ukrinform agency that, in 2024, the Ministry of Defense has agreed for the first time at the level of all forces and units on defense needs and has already ordered the first batches of FPV drones.

Until now, these unmanned aerial vehicles were acquired by volunteers and regional military administrations, but not by Defending.

Ukraine’s strategy

Umerov He stressed that this year Ukraine will focus on the acquisition of Ukrainian weapons and ordered ammunition of the main calibers from the national industry.

“In the future, we will increase the volume of such purchases”he said, recalling that kyiv recently signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Pentagon for the joint production of weapons and the exchange of technical data, which “will contribute to the establishment of production capacity in Ukraine for ammunition”.

Likewise, the minister pointed out that, from now on, innovations can be approved for use on the battlefield in 20 days, instead of months as before.

118 models of new equipment, including FPV drones, have already been tested and put into operation.

“This is how we began to close the problem with the purchase of drones, SUVs, electronic warfare, and ammunition. Little by little we will cover needs in other categories, such as tactical headphones or women’s uniforms”he promised.

“We are planning to create a drone coalition,” he revealed. Umerov. The authority He recalled that an international Information Technology coalition has already been created that will allow Ukraine to invent, test and apply new technologies together with its partners. “to destroy the enemy faster and faster”.