Shmyhal named Ukraine's biggest ally in the defense industry
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Ukraine has the largest number of joint ventures in the defense industry with Germany — the plan includes the production of anti-tank grenade launchers and mines. Currently, the country's defense-industrial complex consists of 800 enterprises and over 300 thousand employees.
This was stated by Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal in Berlin, as was reported by a correspondent of Novyny.LIVE Halyna Ostapovets, who works at the 7th German-Ukrainian Business Forum.
Ukrainian defense-industrial industry
Shmyhal claimed that Ukraine is strengthening the defense-industrial complex, the capacity of which by 2025 will be about $30 billion.
"Our army is currently covering the eastern flank of Europe and will continue to do so in the future. Our arms production is gaining momentum, the capacity of the Ukrainian defense industry by 2025 will be about $30 billion," the Prime Minister noted.
He emphasized that cooperation with Germany in the defense sector opens up broad prospects, and the Ukrainian defense industry will work for the common security of the European continent.
"We have the largest number of joint ventures in the defense industry with Germany. We are talking about joint projects for the repair and maintenance of armored vehicles and tanks, the production of modern infantry fighting vehicles, air defense systems and missiles for them. We also have projects for the production of anti-tank grenade launchers and anti-tank mines in Ukraine," Shmyhal noted.
The Prime Minister added that the defense-industrial complex of Ukraine consists of 800 enterprises and over 300 thousand employees.
It should be recalled that Ukrainian production is already creating long-range drones. Their range is up to 1,800 kilometers, and the drones are capable of reaching deep into Russian territory.
Previously, we wrote that Ukraine presented a new drone-missile "Peklo", which was transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The drone has a high flight speed of up to 700 km/h, and its maximum range reaches over 700 km.
