Ukraine expects to purchase and produce more than 200,000 drones per year, Head of the State Service for Special Communications Yuri Shchigol said on Tuesday.
"In principle, we are going according to plan," Shchigol said on the Rada TV channel while assuring that Ukraine will "definitely" have that amount by this year's end.
In the same interview, the Ukrainian official said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine lose 40 to 45 drones a day at the front. Earlier, Shchigol also stated that Ukraine had allocated about $1 billion to purchase drones.