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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

Ukraine says it could make 2m drones a year with financial help from west

A Ukrainian mid-range reconnaissance drone is launched into blue sky
A serviceman launches a Ukrainian mid-range reconnaissance drone near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, on 12 March. Photograph: Oleksandr Ratushniak/Reuters

Ukraine could make 2m drones a year – double the existing rate of production – with extra financial support from the US, other western governments and private citizens, the country’s minister for digital transformation has claimed.

Mykhailo Fedorov said in an interview that Ukraine’s government was “contracting much less than our manufacturers are capable of” because it did not have enough funds on hand. He pressed for further donations to help the war effort.

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