Ukrainian defense industry has grown 6 times in 2023, - Kamyshin

This was announced by the Minister for Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin at the forum "Ukraine. Year 2024".

"Last year, our defence industry produced three times more than in 2022. Our capabilities for 2023 are six times higher than last year. We have about half of these capabilities contracted for 2024. We are working together with the Ministry of Defence and the Defence Forces on further contracting," the minister said.

He noted that in total, the Ukrainian defence industry consists of 500 enterprises that work on the design, repair, production and maintenance of everything that works for the Ukrainian army. According to Kamyshyn, these are about 400 private companies and 100 state-owned.

The Minister of Strategic Industries added that last year Ukraine increased production of ammunition, and new items began to appear. This year, Ukraine is also increasing the production of shells.