Poroshenko hands over drones to units where former MPs Barna and Solyar are fighting

Member of Parliament, Petro Poroshenko, leader of the European Solidarity party, delivered another batch of drones to units of two brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, where MPs Stepan Barna and Volodymyr Solyar of the 8th convocation (2014-2019) are serving, the party’s website reported on Wednesday.

"We’re always ready to lend a hand and help. That’s why today we’ve prepared strike drone bombers and Molniyas for the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade Edelweiss and the 101st Separate Territorial Defense Brigade, where Stepan and Volodymyr serve," Poroshenko said.

He reported that he had already purchased 70,000 attack drones of various modifications for the military at his own expense. "If at least 50% of our drones’ combat missions were successful, that would mean approximately 35,000 targets destroyed. This number of troops is equivalent to six or seven enemy brigades destroyed," the politician added.

Poroshenko called Barna, his fellow party member, and Solyar, a member of the People’s Front party, "examples of true leaders" who, with the start of the full-scale invasion, "changed their business suits and uniforms and are defending the country as part of the Armed Forces."

As reported, Stepan Barna’s brother, Oleh, who was also a member of parliament of the 8th convocation, served in the 68th Separate Jaeger Brigade named after Oleksa Dovbush and died in 2023 during an assault on enemy positions.