Ukraine already provides 60% of the Armed Forces with its own weapons
7 September 2025 07:16
During the full-scale war, Ukraine has reached a new level of weapons production. Currently, almost 60% of the Armed Forces’ supplies are Ukrainian weapons.
This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports, citing his evening video address.
The head of state informed that Ukraine is creating new joint weapons production facilities. In particular, for the first time in history, our country has begun to build a joint plant with Denmark on its territory.
According to the President, this enterprise will produce components for our missiles and drones – “weapons that are already proving to be very effective”.
“During this war, Ukraine has already reached the indicator: almost 60% of the weapons that we have, that our soldiers have, are Ukrainian weapons, and these are strong weapons, many advanced things,” Zelenskyy emphasized.
At the same time, the Ukrainian leader added that there are goals to be achieved. He specified that we are talking about the production of various types of air defense systems in our country or together with our country.
“This is a challenge. We have to come to this point. Ukraine has already proved that we are among the best in the world in the production of weapons,” the head of state summarized.
As a reminder, in July, Ukraine’s Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal said that Ukrainian arms production had increased 35 times since the start of the full-scale war. He announced that the country plans to increase this figure.
