State enterprise Ukrposhta hopes within three or four months to launch a pilot project to deliver parcels using drones.

An Interfax-Ukraine journalist has reported that acting head of Ukrposhta Ihor Tkachuk gave the information during tests of this delivery in Bucha (Kyiv region) on Wednesday.

"Amendments to postal legislation, cooperation with the State Aviation Service are required, as well as serious work is to be done. Ukrposhta should change for the needs of clients," he said.

Israeli Flytrex drones were selected for tests. They can deliver parcels weighing up to three kilograms for distances of up to 23 kilometers. Their speed is up to 70 kilometers per hour.

Tkachuk said that the cost of one drone varies depending on its capabilities from $3,000 to $50,000. The financing of their purchase would be discussed: leasing, borrowing and other tools.

Demand for this quick delivery would be studied, he said.

"The cost of delivery by a drone cannot exceed the approved tariffs for speedy delivery. The mobile application for this delivery would be free of charge," he added.

The founder and CEO of Flytrex Yariv Bash who was present during the tests said that drones are controlled using cloud solutions in the encoded format.

Asked how parcels can be delivered to the consumer who lives in a multi-apartment building in a city, he said that the preliminary agreed sites would be selected at the first phase of the introduction of the technology, for example, corners of the streets, near houses.

"If demand grows, the post office jointly with municipal agencies would be able to expand the number of sites for delivery," Bash said.

He added that one postal drone can make 300 deliveries a month. He said that if the drone is seized, it would not be possible to use it in other purposes, as it can be disconnected from the control center.

"When a drone takes off it knows where to fly. There is no communication with it. The drone is controlled from the Flytrex center, not using the control boards," Bash said.

Persons have access only to the parcel that would be landed using a rope. The drone does not land the site. If a client wants to seize the rope, the drone would let it go with the parcel.