The Cabinet of Ministers decided to allocate additional funds for the purchase of drones. Another 15.5 billion hryvnias are planned to be spent on this from the budget of Ukraine. The corresponding decision was made at the government meeting on Tuesday, April 30.
300 thousand drones for the front
This year, Ukraine has already spent 43.3 billion hryvnias on the purchase of drones. Such weapons and means of surveillance have shown high effectiveness on the battlefield, so the state is increasing the amount of funding for the direction. Thus, 58.8 million hryvnias will be spent on unmanned aerial vehicles this year.
“The funds will go to the State Special Communications Administration, which is engaged in the relevant purchases. The 300,000 drones purchased with the funds allocated today will be supplied to our Security and Defense Forces,” the Prime Minister of Ukraine noted. Denis Shmigal.
What high-tech weapons are produced in Ukraine?
The development of drones and other equipment for the defense of the country is currently one of the key areas of focus in the ministry. In order to improve and speed up this process, a cluster of defense technologies Brave1 was created a year ago. During this time, 1.6 thousand developments were presented as part of the project.
“Among Ukrainian developments are drones, EW, robotic complexes, the use of artificial intelligence. The state helps the most promising developers to implement their projects. We have provided 186 grants for over UAH 120 million for research and design work and for scaling up production,” said Denys Shmyhal .
According to the head of the Ukrainian government, it is planned to continue increasing the funding of the development direction in the defense sector.
“In the state budget, the government has earmarked UAH 1.5 billion for grants for developers of defense-tech solutions,” the Cabinet of Ministers noted.
Ukraine is a leader in the development of drones
We will remind that Ukraine is one of the leaders when it comes to the development and improvement of drones. This is not only about drones intended for reconnaissance or combat attacks, but also about unmanned aerial vehicles used in agriculture, for creating multimedia content, etc.
For example, drones are becoming more and more common assistants for Ukrainian farmers. Drones are equipped with high-resolution cameras that allow you to capture detailed images from the air. This enables farmers to receive important data about the condition of crops, identify problems and respond to them in time.
