Ukraine’s government allocates additional UAH 15.5 billion to purchase drones
Source: prime minister Denys Shmyhal
On April 30, prime minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal announced that the government would allocate an additional 15.5 billion hryvnias for the purchase of drones.
‘Today, the government has allocated an additional 15.5 billion UAH for the purchase of drones,’ Shmyhal said.
According to him, this is an additional sum to the 43.3 billion UAH that the government allocated for drones earlier this year.
The funds will be directed to the State Special Communications Administration, which is engaged in the relevant procurement. With the funds allocated today, 300,000 drones will be supplied to the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
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