A senior Ukrainian official on Tuesday called on NATO state legislators to accelerate assistance and investment in Ukrainian defense production so that Kyiv’s already-teeming military drone swarms can expand to four or five times their current size. Speaking during the Spring Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Deputy Defense Minister Mstislav Banik said Ukraine’s defense industry could produce 20 million military drones per year if allies commit sufficient resources to Ukrainian manufacturing, according to a defense ministry press release.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Most independent estimates suggest that Ukraine built four million robot aircraft and boats in 2025 and could be on track to increase that to five or six million units in 2026, more than any other country in the world. Military analysts usually estimate annual Chinese drone output at around 2 million, mostly for civilian units. Russian industry – locked in a now 12-year-old war with Ukraine – likely produces between 1.2 and 1.8 million drones a year, according to Ukrainian intelligence estimates. Banik said Ukraine’s drone fleet has been decisive to Kyiv’s battlefield success and called on international partners to strengthen support for Ukrainian drone production and to assist with the acquisition or production of other weapons in critical areas designated by the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL).