The Presidential Office of Ukraine called on the EU to increase investments in Ukrainian OPC
Office of the President of Ukraine
Ukrainian defense-industrial enterprises have considerable potential for production, but require stable financial support.
This was stated reported on the website of the President of Ukraine.
It is important to increase investments in the Ukrainian defense industry, Zhovkva said.
The Managing Director of Peace, Security and Defense of the European Foreign Act (EEAS) Beedict von Zhecherrr-TSS, who led the delegation, assured that the EU seeks to deepen Ukraine’s integration into the European Security and Defense System. And is interested in growing defense production in states that are its members.
« The main attention during the meeting is the current military needs of Ukraine, including air defense systems and missiles, artillery units, ammunition, and further defensive cooperation with the European Union, » – said on the site.
The meeting discussed the cooperation of Ukraine and the EU within the framework of the Rearm Europe and the SAFE tool. Igor Zhovkva thanked the EU for the efforts to send Ukraine 2 million artillery shells by the end of this year.
Recall:
Earlier It was reportedthat Ukraine covers 40% of the needs of the army due to the domestic defense industry and increased production of weapons at times.
According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sibiga, Ukraine already has significant achievements, and in the field of drone technologies it is a world leader. « In some directions, again, we have increased our production. Even by some indicators 35 times we scale production of military equipment, weapons for the needs of the Ukrainian army, for the needs of the Ukrainian defense, » the minister said.
Earlier It was reportedthat, according to the report of the Stockholm Institute for Peace Problems Research (SIPRI), military expenditures in the world in 2024 were record since the Cold War. They reached $ 2718 billion. During the year, the cost of defense in the world has increased by 9.4%, which has become the largest annual growth since 1988.
