Ukraine can and will create the best weapons models - the presidential speech at the Second International Defense Industrial Forum

Dear present! Dear ladies and gentlemen! All who are fighting for the sake of Ukraine, all who work for the sake of Ukraine to withstand, Ukraine won, and all our partners! I am glad to welcome you all today at the opening of the Defense Industrial Forum - the International Forum. Today, dozens of countries and hundreds of defense companies from different parts of the world are represented in Kiev. Strong states. The best world defensive brands.

The geography of our second forum is such that it fully reflects the capabilities and reflects the potential of Ukraine - all that our people, Ukrainians, are capable of. Under extremely difficult conditions of a full -scale war, under constant Russian blows, Ukrainians were able to build a new defense industry. Today, anyone can see this new Ukrainian capacity.

Only in the first half of this year, Ukraine has produced 25 times more ammunition for artillery and mortars than for the whole 22nd year. The total number of drones that we are now able to produce annually are 4 million, and more than one and a half million have already been regulated. We are already using a completely new class of Ukrainian weapons-a long-range missile-Dron "Palyanytsya". There are other types of our long -range drones. Sea drones work for Ukraine's defense.

Our new ballistic rocket was successfully completed. Anyone can see how our "Neptune" works. We make artillery - we make our "Bogdans", one and a half dozen monthly, there are 20. In Ukraine, we have created a new repair base for our equipment, and in June this year, the first renovated BMP "Marder" was renovated from the conveyor.

We are working to ensure that we can provide in Ukraine a hundred percent of everything they need for our Bradley and other types of equipment, which helps our soldiers keep the front and fulfill vital tasks for the whole state. And all that has been said now is only part of the new Ukrainian defense complex, some of our opportunities, what is already working in the Ukrainian state and our protection, protection of what can still be worked.

If once, years ago, the Ukrainian "defense" had, unfortunately, a helpless appearance, now it is an industry that is at least in Europe on the way to leadership. Now it is an industry that Ukraine can rightly be proud of. Thanks to the defense industry, Ukraine should become one of the key global security donors and a very strong player in the global weapons and defense technologies. Everyone who will be with us, who will be with Ukraine, I am sure, will win.

And now, when we present to partners a plan of victory of Ukraine, we rely on the experience of Ukrainian courage - on the strength of our soldiers, first of all on the stability of our people, and equally - to a completely practical, proven results by Ukrainian ambition - that Ukraine may be Ukraine Create the best weapon samples. I am proud of all workers and workers of our defense industry.

I am proud of all our truly talented people, all of the hundreds of thousands of people whose work is our weapons, our defense systems, this is our accuracy, this is our result. First of all, I emphasize again, the result on the battlefield. I want to thank all Ukrainian entrepreneurs and all our partners in the world, who chose this direction for themselves - to develop weapons production in Ukraine now when it is most necessary.

Ukraine guarantees each of our partners that we will use this new force to strengthen global stability. The world with Ukraine - free and strong Ukraine - is much safer. I now ask all those present in this hall to celebrate our people, to celebrate all our partners, through which the Ukrainian defense industry is growing.

Thank you very much! Now, almost every visit to our partner countries, almost every negotiations with partners, leaders and other representatives of the countries of the world, as well as direct communication with defense companies-all this brings Ukraine more investments in the defense sphere, more new technologies and more, respectively production capabilities. This will continue. Today, regular agreements will be concluded within the forum, important documents will be signed.