{"id":1390272,"date":"2026-06-18T11:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1390272"},"modified":"2026-06-17T11:54:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T08:54:40","slug":"fedorov-drones-destroy-more-than-90-of-the-enemy-but-the-battlefield-requires-an-entire-orchestra-of-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/fedorov-drones-destroy-more-than-90-of-the-enemy-but-the-battlefield-requires-an-entire-orchestra-of-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"Fedorov: Drones Destroy More Than 90% of the Enemy, but the Battlefield Requires an Entire \u201cOrchestra\u201d of Weapons"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Short-range artillery is no longer delivering sufficient results on the battlefield, as the expansion of the kill zone has made it increasingly vulnerable to enemy drones.<\/p>\n   <p>Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov made the remarks during a television broadcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cToday, short-range artillery is no longer producing results on the battlefield. The situation has changed, and the kill zone has expanded. If our artillery has a range of 12, 14, or 18 kilometers, it immediately becomes vulnerable to destruction by enemy drones. That is why long-range artillery shells are needed,\u201d Fedorov said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>He stressed the need to refocus production toward long-range munitions.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThere is the Czech Initiative that finances this area. Every day I look at a dashboard showing how many artillery rounds we fire and how many enemy targets we hit. We have all of this data, and it is fully digitized,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>At the same time, Fedorov noted that production of certain components has been increased to accelerate the repair and modernization of helicopters.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cHelicopters are being re-equipped so they can shoot down more Shahed drones. This requires specific regulatory decisions \u2014 modifying helicopters, procuring equipment, and finding scarce components,\u201d the minister explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>He also said efforts are being made to expand maintenance facilities for F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets and to secure funding to ensure the aircraft remain operational in Ukraine.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cOne recent example is that we received dozens \u2014 nearly a hundred \u2014 missiles for F-16s through an emergency process involving Canada and Brussels. The Belgian defense minister and I were on the phone late at night. He personally found an aircraft to deliver them to us,\u201d Fedorov recalled.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>The minister emphasized that the Ministry of Defense is about far more than drones alone.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cOf course, today Ukraine\u2019s Defense Forces destroy more than 90% of enemy targets using drones. But we are talking about an entire \u2018orchestra\u2019 of weapons on the battlefield \u2014 artillery, aircraft, guided aerial bombs, multiple-launch rocket systems, and more,\u201d Fedorov concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>As previously reported, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi has approved the Concept for the Development of Ukraine\u2019s Missile Forces and Artillery.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/battlefield-transparency-prevents-large-scale-offensives-in-ukraine-belgian-defense-expert-says\/\">Battlefield Transparency Prevents Large-Scale Offensives in Ukraine, Belgian Defense Expert Says<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Short-range artillery is no longer delivering sufficient results on the battlefield, as &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1348953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36415,55],"tags":[76,78,72923],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1390272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-ukraine-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-frontline-update"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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