Ukraine intends to allocate Hr 200 billion to finance the development of missile weapons in the country in the next ten years, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov said.
“The third issue that was considered at the meeting of the NSDC in the ‘secret’ mode. This is the issue of the development of our missile weapons until 2031, there were very hot discussions. The only thing I can say is that until 2031 we have more than Hr 200 billion to spend on this program,” Danilov said at a briefing following a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine on Aug. 20.
“We cannot wait from our partners when they will or will not provide us with this or that weapon. Our task is to make weapons of our own production,” he said.
The NSDC Secretary said that Ukraine has all the opportunities and specialists for this. “It is for this that the issue concerning the development of our missile armament was approved today. In addition, the Cabinet of Ministers, MPs of the Verkhovna Rada will consider amendments to this year’s budget, and additional Hr 3.3 billion should be received for the missile program this year,” Danilov said.
