Ondřej Ditrych on whether Ukraine's domestic arms production can change the course of the war

While 95% of the Ukrainian army's needs for drones are covered by domestic production, the country still depends on China for certain components and techonologies, like microprocessors. Ondřej Ditrych told Radio Svoboda that even though Ukraine is working very actively to reduce this dependence, the possibilities are not limitless.

Since complete autonomy from external suppliers is unrealistic even for the largest defence powers, "we need to strive for an acceptable level of dependence and guarantee the security of key production chains,” argued Ondřej. (in Ukrainian).