Currently, the aggressor country russia uses ten times more Shaheds than last fall.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this on the Telegram channel, talking about the meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
"Held the Staff meeting. There was a report by the Acting Commander of the Air Forces, Anatolii Kryvonozhko, on the fight against the means of Russian aerial terror. Strengthening air defense in the regions that need it most, developing new solutions in the fight against anti-aircraft missiles, strengthening mobile fire groups. Currently, Russia uses approximatel ten times more Shaheds than last fall, so we have to fully oppose them," he said.
There were also reports on our own production - shells, weapons, equipment, EW devices, drones.
In addition, the 3-5-year contracts that the state offers to Ukrainian manufacturers of strategic-level drones were considered.
"A long horizon of planning, development and investment is needed for producers," the President noted.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, also gave a presentation at the Staff meeting on the use of long-range drones, determining priorities, and planning operations.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, Zelenskyy instructed Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to increase orders for Ukrainian drones for military operations.
On the night of Monday, November 4, russian troops attacked the territory of Ukraine with 80 drones, the occupiers also struck the Dnipropetrovsk Region with an Iskander-M ballistic missile and launched guided aerial bombs against the Kharkiv Region; air defense forces managed to shoot down 50 enemy drones.
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