# Zelensky says Ukraine needs more money to produce hundreds more drones daily and pressure Russia into peace

https://mins.news/en/item/30907

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-24 19:14 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/we-need-more-money-zelensky-says-kyiv-needs-to-produce-hundreds-more-drones-per-day-to-pressure-russia-into-peace/

> President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine can expand drone production but lacks the financing to do so. Kyiv currently makes about 200-300 drones a day and needs to more than triple that output to compete with Russia, which he said now launches up to 1,000 UAVs daily. Finnish President Alexander Stubb backed more funding for Ukraine’s deep strikes.

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