Ukrainian defense industry receives first order from international partners to purchase weapons for the Defense Forces - Kamyshin
Kyiv • UNN
Denmark announced a new aid package for Ukraine and allocated $28.5 million for the purchase of weapons and military equipment from Ukrainian manufacturers, the first such decision to support the Ukrainian defense industry.
Recently, Denmark announced a new aid package for Ukraine, which, among other things, includes almost $30 million for the purchase of weapons and military equipment for the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Ukrainian manufacturers. This was stated by the Minister of Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshyn in his Telegram channel, UNN reports .
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Yesterday, Denmark approved a new aid package for Ukraine. Among other things, the package includes 200 million Danish kroner ($28.5 million) for the purchase of weapons and military equipment for the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Ukrainian manufacturers
According to him, this is the first such decision. At the same time, Kamyshin hopes that international partners will follow suit, as Kyiv has long offered this type of support.
The head of the Ministry of Strategic Industries explained that Ukraine's budget is no longer enough to fully cover the possible scale of the industry.
The capacity of the Ukrainian defense industry is about $20 billion. At the same time, Ukraine has only $6 billion for arms purchases. Roughly speaking, only a third of all the machines available in the country are in operation, because there is not enough money to provide orders for the rest
He emphasized that Ukraine needs to convince its partners that it is possible to buy weapons for the Defense Forces in Ukraine. Defense contracts are an important element of economic support for Ukraine
This is how the ZBROYARI: Manufacturing Freedom" was born. This is a global fundraising campaign, a strategic fundraiser - not by people, but by entire nations. Its goal is to raise $10 billion for the production of Ukrainian weapons this year. Today we have the first donation. This is a landmark decision, it opens the way for other countries. (...) The bank has already raised $28.5 million out of $10 billion. We continue to work
Context
Denmark has allocated Ukraine a new military aid package worth 295 million eurosaimed at developing Ukraine's maritime capabilities, purchasing unmanned aerial vehicles, and producing missile parts in cooperation with the Netherlands and the Czech Republic.
Recall
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced an increase in domestic military production in Ukraine. In particular, this month, our industry will produce 10 Bohdan self-propelled artillery systems for the first time.