Ukraine will produce thousands of long-range drones capable of deep strikes into Russia in 2024 and already has up to 10 companies making unmanned aerial vehicles that can reach Moscow and St Petersburg, Ukraine's digital minister said. Mykhaylo Fedorov spoke about the wartime drone industry he has championed in a interview in Kyiv in which he revealed new details about the sector after a spate of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil facilities in recent weeks. "The category of long-range kamikaze drones is growing, with a range of 300, 500, 700, and 1,000 kilometers. Two years ago, this category did not exist ... at all," he told Reuters.
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