Exclusive-Ukraine's 2026 defence exports could hit 'several billion dollars', official says


FILE PHOTO: A Ukrainian serviceman of the 25th Airborne Brigade looks at a Vampire, a heavy unmanned aerial vehicle, during its flight near a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine April 5, 2025. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak/File Photo

KYIV, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Ukraine could export several billion ⁠dollars of military goods and services this year after authorising its first wartime foreign sales and is considering introducing a ⁠tax on those exports, a senior Ukrainian defence official said.

Earlier this month, the state commission handling related licences in ‌wartime approved the majority of 40 applications from defence sector producers for exports of materiel and services, Davyd Aloian, deputy secretary of Kyiv's National Security and Defence Council, told Reuters in an interview.

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