Zelenskyy: Foreign governments and companies are trying to bypass Kyiv by buying Ukrainian drones

Zelenskyy: Foreign governments and companies are trying to bypass Kyiv by buying Ukrainian drones

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that some foreign governments and companies are trying to obtain Ukrainian interceptor drones directly from manufacturers, bypassing official Kyiv.

The head of state reported this during a conversation with journalists.

«Unfortunately, representatives of certain governments or companies want to purchase certain means bypassing the state of Ukraine. That’s what’s happening. Due to the hype. I believe that this will definitely not improve relations between our country and the partner countries that do this», - Zelenskyy said.

He also criticized Ukrainian drone manufacturing companies that enter into such deals, trying to make «quick money» this way. However, the President emphasized that by entering into such deals, they are only losing their reputation. He stressed that «only systemic solutions, which may not be very pleasant, can solve this problem». Zelenskyy assumed that they would be adopted through the Headquarters.

«This can, in principle, be resolved at the level of the Headquarters. But the Headquarters is, in any case, regulation, but with restrictions. For now, the task has been set to Umerov, Fedorov, and the General Staff - to systematize everyone a bit», - said the head of state.

He also added that Ukraine, for its part, has not made any arms purchases without coordination with the governments of the countries that produce them. «Interesting point. I cannot buy missiles for "Patriots" without the White House. I cannot buy missiles in Europe without a political conversation with the relevant leaders, with defense ministers. I cannot buy any weapon that everyone says is supposedly an open market everywhere. I could not buy any type of weapon until I negotiated with the leader of the state that produces it. None», - the President emphasized.