Ukraine needs drones - Turchynov

13:45, 02.06.2016 1 min read

Ukraine has an acute need for combat drones, Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov has said.

"We need combat drones, and I have already set this task. We also need strategic combat unmanned aerial vehicles capable of carrying air-to-surface missiles and destroying targets," he told reporters on Thursday.

Ukraine needs means for fighting hostile drones, too, Turchynov said, adding "we do not have much time."

He said there had been problems with funding defense orders.

"This is a huge problem. The country is at war but the parliament has been debating for six months the right way to impound Yanukovych's money [frozen bank accounts of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych] to support the budget's special fund which actually finances national defense," Turchynov said.

He said he hopes the Verkhovna Rada would resolve that problem.