Ukraine is amping up drone production to get an edge in the war against Russia
Anton, who doesn't want his name used for security concerns, builds drones with the company Social Drone in his kitchen in Kyiv, Ukraine.KYIV, Ukraine — Whenever Anton has free time after work, he sits at his kitchen table and spends a few hours assembling drones that will be sent to the front line.
Ukraine has dramatically amped up domestic production of both attack and reconnaissance drones since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. This year, the Ukrainian government allocated $2 billion to produce at least 1 million first-person-view, or FPV, drones, which are equipped with cameras that transmit video to remote pilots. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyymanufacturers earlier this month that the country had already surpassed that, contracting 1.
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