UN spokesman condemns attack on Russian drone factory
3 April 2024 13:11
The spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, Stephane Dujarric, condemned yesterday’s drone attack on a drone manufacturing plant in Russia, Komersant ukrainskyi 
reports.
He said this when answering a question during a briefing.
“We oppose and call for an end to all attacks on civilian infrastructure,”
– he said when asked to comment on the drone attack on the plant.
Yesterday, drones attacked a factory in Yelabuga, Tatarstan, where Russians manufacture drones for attacks in Ukraine.
One million drones and the modernisation of the army
The decision to maximise state support for drone production was made in March 2023, when the government approved a resolution. Since then, the Ministry of Digital Transformation has been actively working to expand production, provide maximum support to drone manufacturers, and remove bureaucratic obstacles to the creation of UAVs. Recently, Minister Fedorov launched the People’s Drone initiative, under which every citizen can assemble a drone at home at their own expense.
In late 2023, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed confidence that Ukraine would produce one million drones for the frontline by 2024, referring to FPV drones. Minister Fedorov responded with assurances that this target would even be exceeded. Deputy Minister for Strategic Industries Hanna Hvozdyar argues that Ukraine is capable of producing significantly more than one million drones a year, and current production is already ahead of schedule.
In his last article in the Western press on the eve of his dismissal as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi stressed the need for a technological breakthrough in the army, with a particular focus on unmanned technologies. The Commander-in-Chief claimed that it would take only 5 months to reorient the army to unmanned systems.
After his dismissal, Supreme Commander-in-Chief Volodymyr Zelenskyy instructed the government to work on the creation of a separate type of troops in the Armed Forces – the Unmanned Systems Forces.
