Strategic Industries Minister Pavlo Ryabikin said this at a panel on the impact of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict on the defense industry on the sidelines of the SAHA EXPO 2022 international fair in Istanbul, Ukrinform reported.

“As we have seen from the experience of the war between Russia and Ukraine, new technologies are decisive in achieving success… For example, we have new generation weapons such as TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles (Baaraktar – ed.), Himars and Himars others that allow us to be slightly ahead of our enemy,” he said. ryabikin.

The Minister emphasized that it would be impossible for any country to prepare for such a large-scale offensive, the front line is more than 2.2 thousand kilometers, of which 1.5 thousand kilometers are active combat operations.

The minister called two main factors decisive for Ukraine’s success in the war. The first is the motivation, strength, strength, training and motivation of the defenders of Ukraine.

“There are a million people mobilized in Ukraine, and we are grateful to our partners who helped train these soldiers, because it is very difficult to prepare such a large number of people for combat operations,” said the minister.

The second is the quantity and quality of weapons the army should have. For this reason, both the supply of weapons and their own production are important.

Ministry of Strategy and Industry talked about the decisive factors for Ukraine’s success in the war / Photo: Olga Budnyk, Ukrinform

The Minister thanked Turkey, the Turkish leadership and the Baykar company for their cooperation, expressing his belief that the future lies in unmanned technologies, and said that he hoped that the intention to establish a factory for the production of ” Bayraktar ” in Ukraine would be realized as soon as possible. as possible.

“In the future, we must open the door wider for the involvement of international partners in our military industry… We are already working on how to move and develop in this direction in the future,” Ryabikin said. said.

Regarding the aspects of work on the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine, the minister said that the priority task is a more flexible industry, which can be achieved through privatization, implementation of public-private partnership projects, restoration and establishment. The entire production cycle was lost as a result of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

According to the news of Ukrinform, Ukrainian companies working in the defense industry are participating in the SAHA EXPO 2022 international fair to be held in Istanbul.