MOSCOW, July 8. /TASS/. Massive strikes by the Russian Armed Forces against drone and component manufacturing facilities in Ukraine have pushed the Ukrainian armed forces back several months in the production of the entire range of drones for strikes against Russia, unmanned aircraft systems expert, chief designer of the Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions Dmitry Kuzyakin told TASS.
"We must give credit to Russian military intelligence for the precise and timely target identification. Yesterday’s ‘feat’ with the simultaneous destruction of several dozen key facilities of the Ukrainian ‘Drone Army’ (a project aimed at producing UAVs and training operators - TASS) has delayed Ukrainian forces several months in the development of the entire range of drones, from FPV to long-range aircraft," said Kuzyakin.
The expert specified that the active process of transferring drone production from Ukraine to Europe is currently underway. "The European Union benefits from keeping the funds allocated for Ukrainian armaments in its territory to support and develop its economy. It’s a vicious circle: the Ukrainian armed forces strike at Russian territory, we destroy facilities in Ukraine, the EU allocates more money for Ukrainian armaments, EU enterprises produce more drones, the Ukrainian armed forces strike harder at Russian territory, and so on," he emphasized.
