“We are already testing a certain solution this month. We will have our own analogue of Mavic,” the minister said.
He noted that the Ukrainian-developed drone will have “the same camera, but the flight distance is longer.”
Fedorov also announced the development of drone-assault units of the Ukrainian army; they, according to him, will have a different staffing structure and doctrine for the use of drones.
According to him, the 475th separate assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces CODE 9.2 recently conducted a unique operation in Kupyansk, Kharkov region, which proved the effectiveness of the new tactics.
“The future belongs to drone assault units. You will hear about them,” Fedorov said.
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Fedorov was appointed Minister of Defense Ukraine January 14, 2026. Before that, he served as First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Digital Transformation, and Denis Shmyhal was Minister of Defense for a short time.
The fact that Ukrainian manufacturers managed to create a drone, which is an analogue of the Chinese Mavic, was reported in November 2024 by the then Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine German Smetanin. Then the Ministry of Strategic Industry wrote that the two codified drones were named “Shmavik” and PTAKH-S.
