A Ukrainian weapons manufacturer will start operating in Denmark, the Danish defense minister said Wednesday, marking a new frontier in arms cooperation between Kyiv and its allies.
Troels Lund Poulsen said Ukrainian firm Fire Point would open a factory in Vojens, a town in the south of the country that already hosts a Danish airbase, including the country’s fleet of F-16 fighter jets.
The initiative, which Poulsen called “a helping hand to Ukraine’s struggle for security,” is the first instance of a Ukrainian arms firm moving its operations to a NATO country.
Fire Point manufactures combat drones and cruise missiles, including the Flamingo FP-5 missile, a 1,150-kilogram warhead. Its Danish facility will primarily produce rocket fuel and is expected to open by December.
Poulsen announced the move at a meeting of Nordic and Baltic leaders attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
He acknowledged that the Kremlin could retaliate with “sabotage and espionage,” adding that the “threat has of course become greater.”
Amid Russia’s grueling war of attrition, Ukraine’s growing domestic arms industry is laboring to keep up. Kyiv announced a plan in July to boost its production of homegrown weapons, setting a goal of manufacturing 50 percent of its own arms within six months.
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