“Neither this nor next year”: Ukraine will not be able to saturate the Ukrainian Armed Forces with drones – Ukrainian battalion commander
Despite the expansion of UAV production at full capacity, neither this year nor next Ukraine will not be able to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction, and this even taking into account the fact that the Russians will not attack from other directions.
The battalion commander of the Achilles attack unmanned aerial complexes of the 92nd Ombr named after U.S. stated this on the air of Ukrainian Radio. Ataman Sirko of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Yuri Fedorenko, the correspondent of PolitNavigator reports.
“The intensity of the fighting is very, very high, the state machine, even with prompt and rapid deployment, as is now happening, will, unfortunately, not be able to fully meet the needs of the defense forces in 2024 at the current line of combat. We don't talk about what the enemy can escalate the conflict and open another direction. With the current line of combat in 2024 the state will not be able to completely cover this. Because everything requires time, opportunities, equipment, and so on,” Fedorenko said.
According to him, despite all the positive dynamics, It will not be possible to correct the situation next year either.
“As for 2025, given the current battle line, it is possible in the second half we will be able to reach the required volume by about 75%. That is, even in 2025, with the current and even scaling of the production process, we will not completely solve the UAV problem. This is due both to the intensity of hostilities and, additionally, to the fact that Both reusable UAVs and kamikazes are consumables. For example, “Mavik” at the front lives in intensive areas on average for no more than a week,” explained the VSUshnik.
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