CEO of the Brave1 defense cluster Andriy Hrytsenyuk considers «closing the sky» from Russian strike drones to be one of the most important tasks for 2026.
CEO of the Brave1 defense cluster Andriy Hrytsenyuk considers «closing the sky» from Russian strike drones to be one of the most important tasks for 2026.
«The first task is to close the sky as tightly as possible using Ukrainian developments. Moreover, in such a way that it would be unprofitable for the Russians to scale the number of „shaheeds“ they use. They should have understood that there is no point in wasting money and time to do this,» Hrytsenyuk noted in an interview with dev.ua.
He expressed confidence that good progress will be demonstrated in this direction by the end of this year. «We are actively working on this,» he added.
Hrytsenyuk called the development of autonomous technologies another important task for 2026.
«It is important for us that the indicators of destroyed enemy equipment and personnel go up, and that thanks to effective technologies we are able to kill as many Russians as possible. But these should be technologies that will not require an increase in the number of our soldiers on the battlefield,» explained the CEO of Brave1.
Hrytsenyuk also added that the cluster he heads has a third work priority for this year, but refused to specify it.
We remind you that, among other things, in an interview with dev.ua, Andriy Hrytsenyuk spoke about his attitude to personnel rotations at the Ministry of Digital and Defense, about plans for laser weapons and their implementation; about programs for interceptor drones and missile production, and other interesting topics.
In particular, the CEO of Brave1 expressed confidence that combat lasers developed by Ukraine will be able to shoot down small enemy UAVs this year, but not «Shaheeds» yet.
