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In Ukraine, a relatively inexpensive solution for countering reactive “Shaheds” has been found. Funds from American donors have already been attracted to create the first samples adapted to Ukrainian conditions, and the first results could appear within a few weeks.
This is written by Delo.ua, citing a statement by a member of parliament, head of the subcommittee on local taxes and fees of the parliamentary financial committee, Maryana Zablocka.
How Ukraine plans to shoot down reactive "Shaheds"
If the development is implemented as planned, the first reactive "Shaheds" can be shot down within a few weeks with the help of new means.
"I continue to work on the problem of reactive "Shaheds," and there are truly encouraging breakthroughs. We managed to find a precisely working, already tested and relatively cheap concept of countermeasures," the initiative's author noted.
At the same time, he stressed that quickly funding such developments from the state budget is currently difficult. According to him, the current system of control and bureaucratic procedures creates risk for officials who approve unconventional solutions.
Because of this, foreign donors who are ready to fund technologies needed by Ukraine right now must be involved. However, such a mechanism adds new stages and can dramatically increase project timelines.
"Therefore, the only realistic way for me now is to seek foreign donors willing to fund what Ukraine needs today," he explained.
Details of the development are not being disclosed yet to avoid hindering its implementation. At the same time, the initiative's author assures that the problem of countering reactive "Shahed" missiles will be solved. According to him, in wartime speed is critical, as time is measured not only in weeks or months but also in human lives.
Separately, he emphasized the need to radically reform the state system for funding defense developments and controlling budget expenditures.
In particular, this concerns expanding opportunities for experimentation, faster decision-making, and the ability to take on justified risk in situations where standard solutions do not exist.
In the author's view, Ukraine loses tens of lives and billions of hryvnias not only due to the appearance of new enemy technologies but also due to excessive bureaucracy within the state system. Officials are often unwilling to approve payments for unconventional solutions, even if they could prove faster and more effective.
He stressed that in wartime innovations often begin with bold decisions. Therefore, the state should not punish justified risk, but create conditions for rapid testing, funding, and scaling of promising defense technologies.
Note that the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has identified four potential interceptor systems to counter reactive "Shahed" drones. All four solutions have already undergone field tests. The ministry now plans to improve them and scale production to thousands of units.
As a reminder, Ukrainian drones shoot down "Shaheds" almost autonomously thanks to automatic guidance systems. Special artificial intelligence algorithms allow unmanned vehicles to autonomously follow and ram aerial targets after an operator's command. The Brave1 state cluster identified this direction as one of the key defense priorities for the 2026 year.
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