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Zelensky promised Ukraine a million drones: The Cabinet of Ministers answered how many can be realistically made
Unian: Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky made an ambitious statement at his press conference: the state will produce a million drones for the army in 2024.
Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine Alexander Kamyshin confirmed in Telegram that we are talking about more than 10 thousand medium-range attack drones and more than a thousand drones with a range of 1000 km.
“In addition to FPV drones, we are already capable of producing next year more than 10 thousand medium-range attack drones (hundreds of km), and 1000+ drones with a range of 1000 km,” Kamyshin emphasized.
According to him, as of December 2023, Ukraine is producing more than 50 thousand FPV drones.
* FPV (First Person View) drones are quadcopters or multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with a camera and transmit real-time video to the pilot's device.
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