The Ministry of Defense has allocated additional funds for the purchase of drones and other equipment through the DOT-Chain Defence marketplace.
Defense Minister Dmytro Shmyhal announced that 50 more brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are joining the DOT-Chain Defence digital platform, which unites verified suppliers, the military, and a procurement agency. Now 180 units are already operating in it.
«In three months, almost 100,000 drones worth UAH 3.74 billion were delivered to the army through DOT-Chain Defence. The average delivery time for equipment „from stock“ is only 10 days,» the minister noted.
He noted that the Ministry of Defense has allocated an additional UAH 1.9 billion for the purchase of drones through the marketplace.