The state will focus on launching joint defense enterprises with Western companies and developing industrial parks.

In 2024, Ukraine aims to create joint defense enterprises with Western companies and localize the production of weapons, demining equipment, and other military equipment, Minister of Economy Yulia Svyridenko said.

She added that, with regard to the defense industry, there are specific goals and objectives that include creating five joint ventures with Western arms manufacturers.

According to her, there are also plans to develop industrial parks. Last year, the number of industrial parks in the register reached 70, but only 10 are operating currently.

“Our task is to focus this year on creating at least five working, innovative parks“, Svyridenko said.

At the same time, the government entered the BF Terminal industrial park in the Berehiv district of the Zakarpattia region into the register of industrial parks. It will house several industrial enterprises specializing in the woodworking industry and the manufacture of wood products.