Ukroboronprom, a Ukrainian state-owned arms manufacturer, has launched licensed production of three models of FPV drones from private companies. Source: Ukroboronprom CEO Herman Smetanin in an interview with Ekonomichna Pravda Quote: "We need a lot of FPV drones now.
General Director of JSC Ukrainian Defense Industry (formerly the state concern Ukroboronprom) Herman Smetanin said that today we have a fairly wide range of products that Ukraine produces independently.
On Sept. 25, the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) partially granted the request of the attorney for the former CEO of Naftogaz Andriy Kobolyev, reducing the bail amount from Hr 229 million ($6.2 million) to Hr 107 million ($2.9 million). For a detailed analysis of this case from a corporate governance perspective, see series of columns by SOE Weekly team members Andriy Boytsun, Oleksandr Lysenko, and Dmytro Yablonovskyi: Are Kobolyev’s bonuses a threat to corporate governance reform?