That is according to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
"We are adding new capacities to Ukraine every month for weapons and ammo production, repairs and maintenance of equipment. We are building up artillery and missile production. For the first time in Ukraine, we are creating an army of drones and a fleet of marine drones. Our goal is to make Ukraine's defense industry one of the strongest in Europe and this requires a strong diplomatic support," the President of Ukraine said at a conference with Ukrainian ambassadors in Uzhgorod on Wednesday.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy also said that "there are obvious things" about our partners' weapons that could be supplied to Ukraine and the production of which is necessary to both Ukraine and its partners.
In this context, the ambassadors were tasked with strengthening defense cooperation with partner countries, the head of Ukrainian state said.
"You should know better than anyone what kind of weapons your host state has, what kind of production can be established in Ukraine or together with Ukraine by the companies of the states on whose territory you work daily, and what steps are needed to strengthen our defense cooperation," the President of Ukraine stated.
As the head of Ukrainian state noted, Ukrainian ambassadors must work with public opinion in their countries of residence, "which can fluctuate and always requires new arguments in favor of continuing cooperation [with Ukraine] because russia continues the subversive work, trying to disrupt deliveries and contracts."
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