Poroshenko buys 300 'night' Mavic drones for Armed Forces
MP of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko is handing over 300 Mavic thermal imaging drones to the front, the politician wrote on his Facebook page.
In the near future, according to the leader of European Solidarity, another 200 such drones will be purchased. Also, 300 Vanilla Sugar UAV detectors are handed over to the military. The cost of this batch of equipment for the front is EUR 1 million.
"We started receiving calls from soldiers long before that: since October, the authorities stopped buying and supplying thermal imaging Mavic drones. Then our team contracted 1,000 night 'eyes' for the front. Recently, they came to their senses and scattered at least some money to the brigades, but there is no time for searching and purchasing," Poroshenko states.
"We voluntarily gave up 700 Mavic drones in favor of units that asked us. These 300, which are now in front of you, were paid for by the Poroshenko Foundation, and we will try to hand them over to the Ukrainian Armed Forces by the New Year. I decided to urgently find them in Europe, and another 200 Mavic drones will be found, contracted, paid - also by the end of the year," Poroshenko explains.
"In order for you to understand what we are talking about - for entire 2024, until today's date, we have delivered 310 thermal imaging Mavic drones. And now there is only one purchase, more than EIR 1 million - another 300 thermal Mavic drones," he noted.