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Ukraine, on behalf of President Volodymyr Zelensky, is working on creating cheap missiles to intercept Russian Shahed drones, and some solutions are already being tested.
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- Ukraine is working on creating cheap missiles to shoot down Russian Shahed drones under the leadership of President Zelensky.
- Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov reported on the testing of solutions close to readiness for interceptor missiles.
Ukraine will produce cheap missiles to intercept Shahids — Fedorov
This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov during a meeting with the media.
At the President's request, we are now focused on creating cheap missiles to shoot down the Shahed. We have already found solutions that are close to being ready and have begun testing them.
Mykhailo Fedorov
Minister of Defense of Ukraine
According to Fedorov, Ukraine plans to scale up the production of such missiles dozens of times and form the necessary stock by the autumn-winter period.
Our task is to scale up production tenfold and have a stock of such missiles for the fall-winter period. We want to scale up and reduce the cost of interceptor missiles in order to prepare for the appearance of the Shahed jets.
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He informed that the new interceptor missiles should strengthen the protection of critical infrastructure along with the use of interceptor drones, emphasizing that to implement this direction, the state is providing grants, expanding production, and restarting the recruitment of teams.