US EditionUkrainian arms producers receive first wartime export licences, Kyiv says
Ukraine's defense sector, with over 1,000 companies and $55 billion annual capacity, begins exporting arms to attract investment and sustain wartime production growth.
- On Feb 12, Rustem Umerov, secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, announced Ukrainian arms producers received the first wartime export licences.
- Kyiv recently decided to permit exports to raise funds and use battlefield‑proven systems as diplomatic leverage, aiming to expand the domestic defence industry and attract investment to keep factories running.
- Ukraine's defence sector now includes more than 1,000 companies, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said recently it has 450 drone producers; Rustem Umerov wrote, 'In the areas of UAVs, electronic warfare and reconnaissance, our capabilities already exceed the volume of domestic procurement'.
- A Reuters source said dozens of export applications had been approved, and a Reuters source said coordinated exports would attract investment, scale up production, and launch new technologies.
- Plans outlined this week envisage Ukraine issuing wartime export licences to scale foreign production and link with partners like Germany, as Zelenskiy said he will soon receive a Ukrainian-made drone.
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Ukraine grants first arms export licenses since full-scale invasion, Umerov says
Ukrainian defense companies have, for the first time since the start of the full-scale war, received approval to export their own products, as Kyiv seeks additional funding to grow its domestic defense-industrial base. Rustem Umerov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, announced the first licenses for manufacturers in a Facebook post. Kyiv recently made the politically delicate decision to export weapons, looking to rai…
Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov said that in the coming days there will be news about the launch of controlled arms exports. Specific export volumes of drones are not yet predicted.
According to Kiev, first licences were granted. Goal: The proceeds are to flow into the expansion of the own armaments industry.
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