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Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Ukraine can produce 5 million FPV drones per year, advisor says
Ukraine is capable of producing over 5 million first-person-view (FPV) drones per year, presidential advisor Alexander Kamyshin said in an interview with Radio Khartia published on March 28. "Now, one manufacturer can produce 4,000 such FPV drones per day," said Kamyshin, who previously served as the strategic industries minister. "An that just one manufacturer. There are more than 150 manufacturers in our country. Our capacity is to produce 5 million FPV units per year." Both Ukraine and Russia have increasingly relied on drone warfare, using aerial, naval, and ground-based drones for reconnaissance and combat missions. Last year, Ukrainian manufacturers were able to produce only 2 million drones due to a lack of funding, Kamyshin noted. Kyiv's drone fleet is being reinforced by the international drone coalition, which recently allocated 20 million euros ($21.6 million) to procure tactical-level reconnaissance drones that will be delivered to Ukraine within three months. Ukraine plans to purchase 4.5 million first-person-view (FPV) drones this year as part of a large-scale effort to equip its military with advanced technologies, the Defense Ministry announced earlier this month. Kyiv has also developed missile-drone hybrids, such as the Palianytsia and Peklo models, which feature turbojet engines as cost-effective alternatives to cruise missiles. President Volodymyr Zelensky has ordered the production of at least 30,000 long-range drones in 2025. Read also: 'You can't trust Russians' — Europe's Ukraine peacekeeping plans face one obvious hurdle We've been working hard to bring you independent, locally-sourced news from Ukraine. Consider supporting the Kyiv Independent.
Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Ukraine has businesses producing 1 million first-person view drones annually, Zelenskyy's strategic issues advisor says
Oleksandr Kamyshin, a strategic issues advisor to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has stated that Ukraine's defence industry is capable of producing several million first-person view (FPV) drones annually. Source: Kamyshin on Radio Charter, a Ukrainian news and music radio station Details: Kamyshin, Ukraine's former Minister of Strategic Industries, noted that some Ukrainian companies can manufacture over 100,000 drones monthly, exceeding one million annually. Additionally, over 150 businesses of various sizes are involved in FPV drone production across Ukraine. Background: In March, Vyriy Drone, one of Ukraine's largest FPV drone manufacturers, unveiled its first batch of UAVs built entirely from domestically produced components In the first two months of 2025, Ukraine allocated UAH 336.6 billion (approximately US$8.09 billion) from the general state budget to security and defence. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Zelenskyy's team invites Trump to Ukraine through Ukrainian Railways ad
Oleksandr Kamyshin, Ukraine's Presidential Advisor for Strategic Affairs and a member of the Supervisory Board of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways), has invited US President Donald Trump to visit Ukraine on a special train designed for diplomatic missions. Source: Kamyshin on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda Details: Kamyshin praised the "brave" US Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, for successfully travelling from Kyiv to Poland on a Ukrainian train, arriving two minutes ahead of schedule. Quote: "RailForceOne is waiting for you here as well." Kamyshin also shared a video of Donald Trump, in which the US president commended Bessent's bravery for travelling to Kyiv by train on Wednesday, 12 February. Quote: "I have a Secretary of Treasury right now, who is actually quite brave – he's over in Ukraine on a train. And there are a lot of things happening around that train that aren't so good," Trump said. Background: Earlier in January, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned that Trump could be the first world leader to fly to Ukraine. On 12 February, Zelenskyy confirmed that he had discussed further contacts with Trump. Support UP or become our patron!
