Created a Defense Alliance: Ukraine has concluded the first agreements with weapons producers - Zelensky (video)

According to the President of Zelensky, a special defense fund will be created in Ukraine to finance the production of weapons to combat the Russian Federation. The money will be taken for the fund from Russian assets confiscated in the West. During the International Defense Industrial Forum, which took place in Kyiv on September 29, 2023, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky spoke about the basis for cooperation with the world producers of modern weapons.

In particular, he recalled the real experience of the war and the special fund for the purchase of weapons. The head of the state also reported the creation of the Alliance of Defense Industries, which will create a "Arsenal of the Free World". The details of Zelensky's speech was informed by the Presidential Service.

President Zelensky reported that representatives of 252 manufacturers of weapons that came from Europe, Asia, America, Australia took part in the International Defense Industry forum. The first result of the forum is the creation of the Alliance of Defense Industries, which includes the first 13 members. They began with the fact that they developed a declaration that will work for "real protection of international law".

"Today, at the start, this declaration has already been signed by 13 prominent companies that are ready to build a new arsenal of the Free World with Ukraine. " Representatives of the Ukrainian authorities congratulated guests from 30 countries of the world, according to the speech of the head of the state. In the photos from the scene, you can see the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleb, representatives of the Armed Forces.

According to the President, Ukraine has something that may be interested in weapons and governments of countries that need to protect citizens from attacks by aggressive neighbors. In particular, it is about the experience of real fighting and the experience of protecting civilian objects. "We are doing the most effective combat practices, real ways of promoting forward, effective people's protection practices and infrastructure from Russian terror.

But everything we have learned to learn and share practices with our partners," Zelensky said. The President mentioned the navy of sea drones created by Ukraine. The drone fleet blocked Russian warships in ports: "The world sees what Ukrainian missiles, our technologies, Ukrainian drones are capable of. We create the world's first navy in the world, which deprives Russian warships of meaning and forces them to hide.

" The politician is also convinced that new defense standards are now being laid and Ukraine is directly related to this: "It is now determined for decades for the most powerful defense-industrial complexes that will be their priorities and what will be the defense standard in the world. It is in Ukraine that it is in Ukraine that is defined.