Examples of the Ukrainian-made drone-missile Peklo, meaning "Hell," during an exhibition in Kyiv on Friday. (Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)
KYIV — As Ukrainian officials brace for what could be severe cutbacks in Western military aid next year, they are scrambling to ramp up their own arms production, especially for weapons systems that can strike deep into Russian territory to replace those supplied by Western governments.
At the heart of the Ukrainian domestic defense production is the country’s program for long-range attack drones, which regularly strike targets hundreds of miles from the Russian-Ukrainian border to disrupt Moscow’s war effort, Ukrainian officials said.