This Wednesday a forum was held dedicated to export issues, in particular weapons. It was organized by Ukrainska Pravda....

This Wednesday a forum was held dedicated to export issues, in particular weapons. It was organized by Ukrainska Pravda.

So, for the part where they discussed arms exports, several government representatives were announced, and not one showed up. Neither Hvozdaiar from the Ministry of Defense (which was reinstated after Fedorov's dismissal), nor MPs from the budget or economic committees (let alone the defense committee), no one from the Cabinet of Ministers, the National Security and Defense Council, or the Office of the President. No one.

And that's a shame, because, frankly, the situation with arms exports is this: it practically doesn't exist.

It is absolutely obvious that the war will be very long. We talk about defensive technologies, sustained defense. And we are strangling manufacturers, preventing them from receiving funds so that the state not only begs but can also set its own terms, use experience, and strengthen the next phase of defense.

Profit from the war.

Yes, Ukraine is currently in a situation where it needs to earn money in order to continue to exist.

And these funds can be obtained by scaling up and selling weaponry created based on unique experience, in order to continue resisting aggression and gaining unique experience, support the economy, create jobs, reduce the lethality of the war, and increase resilience.

At the start of this summer the President finally made statements about opening up arms exports, but after that we got a clumsy Cabinet resolution, into which, it seemed, everyone intervened except those who would have to work with it. And it turned out to be a nonfunctional blocker, not a roadmap.

And no arms exports took place.

Six months passed. The situation remains unchanged.

I appeal to the prime minister to finally resolve this issue. After all, he was not afraid to start reviewing reservations, so this should be reviewed as well.