The Ministry of Protection will ship the subsequent bundle of drones to Ukraine – greater than 2,500 drones price 4 million euros

The Ministry of Protection broadcasts that the subsequent batch of drones might be delivered to the Armed Forces of Ukraine step by step in July as a part of the drone coalition. Greater than 2,500 fight drones of varied sorts and capabilities price 4 million euros might be delivered to Ukraine. The primary cargo of the massive bundle – 300 drones might be delivered within the subsequent few days.

“The drone coalition is rising sooner. Within the subsequent bundle, greater than 2,500 drones manufactured by seven Latvian firms might be despatched to Ukraine. Along with the members of the worldwide drone coalition, we continuously work to ship fight drones of varied capabilities to Ukraine in accordance with the present wants and check necessities of the Ukrainian military. On the similar time, vital funds are being invested within the additional improvement and implementation of drone expertise,” mentioned Protection Minister Andris Spruds.

This 12 months, the Ministry of Protection has allotted 20 million euros for the wants of the drone coalition, and greater than 10 million of those are meant to buy drones from the Latvian protection business. In April and Might this 12 months, Latvia despatched 135 fight drones of varied capabilities and digital warfare tools price about 1 million euros to Ukraine. Till the top of the 12 months, the Ministry of Protection will proceed to purchase Latvian-made fight drones, particularly FPV-type drones that may be managed from the primary individual’s perspective. The availability quantities might be divided into a number of provides to permit firms to step by step improve manufacturing volumes, in addition to to permit them to adapt to altering technical specs, in accordance with Ukraine’s necessities.

At the moment there are 14 international locations within the worldwide drone coalition – Latvia, Ukraine, the UK, Australia, Denmark, France, Estonia, Italy, Canada, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Germany and Sweden. In complete, the members of the drone coalition have to this point raised greater than half a billion euros to carry drones to Ukraine. Additionally, the member states are engaged on creating a typical fund in order that they will get funding for the manufacturing of drones within the international locations of the coalition sooner and extra effectively.