Armed Forces without 1.6 million drones: weapons manufacturers have not lasting orders for $ 2 billion, details
However, only 37% of industrial capacity was filled from the state. On February 6, the Armed Forces did not receive the Armed Forces on February 6. Ukrainian weapons producers have increased their capacity because they understood that defense forces needed even more weapons to confront the Russian Federation, the TSU portal. However, the Ukrainian authorities did not respond to the scale of production and did not make the appropriate orders.
As a result, it was found out that the enterprises of the MIC of Ukraine could produce weapons totaling $ 2 billion. Then this weapon would have to receive the Armed Forces, but it did not happen, indicated in the article. Activists reported that they have created a special service that can see how many weapons manufacturers can release, but did not release due to lack of orders from the state. The service is called the "weapon counter, which is not, 2024".
As of February 7, the army did not receive: Ukrainian producers could sell products abroad not marked by the state, explained on the portal. In this case, they would receive 1 992 727 498 USD. Money for export, first, would join the economy of Ukraine and secondly, would give the MIC enterprises to develop further, summarized representatives of the Ukrainian MIC. The executive director of the Union Kateryna Mikhalko believes that the capacity would be enough for 2. 7 million units. armament.
"The absence of uninterrupted, projected purchases by state customers prevented so many equipment to produce and put the armies," the words of Mikhalko were given on the portal. The Public Union "Technological Forces of Ukraine" is an organization registered in August 2023. The founder is Tatiana Mikhalko. The members of the TSU are 39 companies that produce weapons of different types. On the Union portal, you can see the names of all companies: from UkspecSystems_ to L7 Simulators.
It should be noted that on February 3, the focus wrote about the new robotic complex "Gimli", which was certified in the Ministry of Defense. The complex has sufficient load capacity to evacuate the wounded. In addition, he is able to carry ammunition and weapons, strike the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. We would like to remind you that a scandal between the Ministry of Defense and the Defense Procurement Agency (AZO) broke out in January, which was contracting weapons to order.