 Ukraine ramps up Kamikaze Drone's production to compensate for ammunition shortage. The shortage of artillery ammunition in Ukraine will continue. To compensate for the lack of shells, Ukraine is increasing the production of Kamikaze Drones according to Deputy Defense Minister Ivan Havriliuk. As for artillery ammunition, this issue will continue to arise. Therefore, Ukraine decided to address these issues by creating a powerful UAV production facility, Havryaluk says in an interview. In addition, Ukraine is increasing its production of ammunition of almost all nomenclatures of the former USSR, the Deputy Defense Minister says. However, most of the Western systems that Ukraine has received from its partners use a different caliber. The most common is 155mm. Therefore, together with Western companies, Ukraine plans to produce such shells on its territory. We cannot talk about producing a large number of 155mm shells, says General Havriliuk. Next year, he expects the Ukrainian defense industry to produce enough of them to cover the difference between what is needed and the number of shells that can be provided by partners. Western countries themselves have faced great difficulties in meeting their own goals of supplying Ukraine with ammunition. The EU promised to send 1 million artillery shells by March 2024. But so far, only 480,000 have been delivered or are in the pipeline. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen recently announced, since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, the United States has provided Ukraine with more than 2,155mm artillery rounds. But their stockpiles have also run out, so last summer they decided to send Ukraine cluster munitions.