Ukraine starts producing interceptor drones together with US – Zelensky

Drone Industry

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine has begun producing interceptor drones jointly with the United States.

The head of state said this in an interview with Bloomberg, Censor.NET reports.

"This is US-Ukrainian production, joint production.

I hope that in future we will have more of this," the president said.

Background

Earlier, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Pavlo Palisa said that Ukraine already has interceptor drones capable of shooting down Russian Shahed drones powered by jet engines.

At the end of September, President Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine had launched production of interceptor drones, but that funding remained insufficient.