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The alliance is coordinating military support, drawing on funding from European allies and Canada. Commitments have been received from Germany, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Canada, with further contributions anticipated.
Ukraine‘s Domestic Weapon Production Reaches 40%
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine’s own defense manufacturing now accounts for nearly 40% of the weapons utilized by its military. Amidst growing uncertainty regarding the volume and speed of future Western weapon shipments, Ukraine is focused on boosting its production capacity and expanding strikes into Russian territory.
“We need greater capacity to push the war back onto Russia’s territory – back to where the war was brought from,” Zelenskyy remarked in his nightly video address on Wednesday. He further outlined a goal: “We must reach the level of 50% Ukrainian-made weapons within the first six months of the new government’s work by expanding our domestic production.”
Ukraine has also developed its own long-range drones, which are employed for strikes deep within Russia.
The russian Ministry of Defense reported on Thursday that its air defenses intercepted 122 Ukrainian drones overnight. This drone activity led to flight disruptions at airports in Moscow and St. Petersburg, though the majority where reportedly downed over the Bryansk and Kursk border regions.
Concurrently, Ukraine’s air force reported that Russia attacked the country with 64 Shahed and decoy drones overnight, resulting in at least one fatality. The assault primarily targeted the industrial Dnipropetrovsk region.
In other developments, the Ukrainian Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War announced on thursday that Russia had transferred 1,000 bodies to Ukraine, including those of fallen soldiers. Russian presidential aide vladimir Medinsky confirmed that Russia received the bodies of 19 soldiers. This exchange was a result of direct peace talks held in May and June of the previous year, which yielded limited agreements between the two sides.
Burrows reported from Wiesbaden, Germany. Geir Moulson in Berlin and Lorne Cook in Brussels contributed to this report.
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