In 2025, the supply of unmanned systems to Ukraine’s Defense Forces reached approximately 200,000 units per month, with a significant increase in the delivery of FPV drones, according to First Deputy Minister of Defense Ivan Havryliuk.
“If we look at unmanned systems, especially FPV drones used in combat, we started the first quarter of 2024 with a supply of 20,000 units per month. Currently, this figure has risen to 200,000 per month and continues to grow,” the official stated.
The deputy minister clarified that this supply is not limited to FPV drones but includes the full range of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including those received through international assistance.
Havryliuk also highlighted efforts to introduce ground-based robotic systems for logistics, mining and demining operations, and casualty evacuation. The exposure of soldiers in open and high-risk areas has driven the implementation of these technologies to reduce combat vulnerability.
Massive Drone Procurement
In October 2024, the Ministry of Defense announced that, in coordination with the Ministry of Digital Transformation, it had procured 1.6 million UAVs of various types, with a total investment exceeding 114 billion hryvnias (~USD 2.73 billion). Of these, 1.28 million units had already been delivered, while an additional 366,940 drones were scheduled for delivery by the end of the year.
By 2025, the Ministry of Defense had already contracted 155,205 UAVs, valued at USD 770 million. At the end of 2024, Defense Minister Rustem Umierov reported that 96.2% of the drones used by Ukraine’s Defense Forces were domestically produced. Specifically, more than 1.5 million FPV drones had been manufactured.
In January 2025, Minister of Strategic Industries Herman Smetanin announced the delivery of over 30,000 bomber drones to Ukraine’s Defense Forces throughout 2024.
In October 2024, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated at the Second International Defense Industries Forum that Ukraine had already developed the capacity to produce up to 4 million drones per year. A month later, he announced that in 2025, at least 30,000 long-range drones were projected for production.
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