Ukraine starts mass production of Russian Lancet drone analog

This was announced by Mykhailo Fedorov, Vice Prime Minister for Innovation, Education, Science and Technology, Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, at the Forbes Ukraine Business Breakfast.

He noted that in the coming weeks, the state will sign contracts for the production of FPV drones.

"We have a large number of copters and FPV drones in the range of up to 20 km, but at night it is quite difficult to find a target within the 20 km range. We need to hit at 40 km. Lancet-type drones are quite high-tech, and it took six months to accelerate the production in this direction," Fedorov said.

The minister noted that Ukrainian defenders have already tested such drones at the frontline, but these cases are still rare.

"It's hard to give specific dates, but I think that within two months, information will start to appear in Russian social media about how their tanks are burning," he added.

• On August 16, Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasyl Malyuk spoke about maritime surface drones, a proprietary technical development of the Security Service of Ukraine.