The Minister for Strategic Industries spoke about the dynamics of building up Ukrainian armed capabilities.
three times more weapons than in 2022. Production capacity in 2024 is expected to be six times greater than in 2023, said Minister of Strategic Industry Alexander Kamyshin at the forum “Ukraine. Year 2024”.
About half of these abilities are contracted for this year. There are 100 state-owned defense enterprises in Ukraine, 400 private ones, and 300,000 gunsmiths.
In 2023, Ukraine has significantly increased the production of ammunition – this is the main range that the front expects. However, even this is not enough to cover all needs.
“No matter how much we have increased production in Ukraine today, the needs of our front are greater than the production capabilities of both the United States of America and the European Union combined,” the minister emphasized. < /p>
In conditions of resource shortages, it is important to distribute them correctly, Kamyshin added.
