Ukraine produces up to 20 Bohdana self-propelled guns per month
Ukraine produces up to 20 Bohdana self-propelled wheeled artillery systems per month.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this at the opening of the Second International Defense Industries Forum.
More and more military units of the Defense Forces are receiving these 155mm self-propelled artillery systems of domestic production.
“We are making artillery, we are making our Bohdanas, a dozen and a half every month. Sometimes twenty,” Zelensky said.
He also emphasized that in the extremely difficult conditions of a full-scale war and under constant Russian attacks, Ukrainians were able to build a virtually new defense industry.
According to previous official statements, this May, the Ukrainian defense industry reached the production rate of ten Bohdana self-propelled guns per month.
According to Volodymyr Zelensky’s announcement, production capabilities have doubled since then.
Last month, it was reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine received 18 Bohdana self-propelled artillery systems financed by Denmark. The country’s Defense Minister Trolls Lund Poulsen announced this at the Yalta European Strategy (YES) forum.
He also noted that the transfer of all the ordered systems occurred two months after this agreement was funded.
In July 2024, the Danish government announced that it would finance the purchase of 18 Bohdana artillery systems. The Danish representatives chose this particular artillery system as military aid based on an official recommendation from the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine.
At the end of September, the Danish Defense Ministry said that Denmark and Ukraine continue to purchase weapons through the Ukrainian defense industry for a total of $600 million.
Part of the funds will be taken from frozen Russian assets in the European Union. In particular, this also includes the production of Ukrainian Bohdana artillery systems.
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