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Ukraine's apical subject commandant said Russia is showing nary signs of involvement successful talks starring to a bid woody and, instead, is boosting arms production, including a people of 1,000 drones per day.
"On the contrary, we spot an summation successful intensity of subject actions, an summation successful the fig of violative force groupings, an summation successful accumulation of onslaught weapons, missiles and drones," Oleksandr Syrskyi told the online media outlet lb.ua successful an interrogation published connected Sunday (January 18, 2026).
"At the moment, the force produces regular 404 'Shaheds' (Iranian-designed drones) of antithetic kinds. And the plans are to summation that. The force plans to boost accumulation significantly, up to 1,000 drones a day."
Ukraine's military, helium said, has to bash "everything to disrupt these plans and inflict losses truthful that the force renounces its plans, and besides to make conditions successful bid to clasp talks. No 1 is going to marque a deal with a anemic side."
Mr. Syrskyi besides praised the Ukrainian military's "deep-strike" tactics, which helium described arsenic "our beardown point," resulting successful hits connected 719 targets and $15 cardinal successful damage, chiefly to Russia's lipid industry.
Ukraine has rapidly developed its capableness to nutrient drones since Russia launched its penetration of its smaller neighbour successful February 2022 and is counting connected further advances.
Russian forces hold astir 20% of Ukrainian territory and are engaged successful a dilatory beforehand done eastbound Ukraine, announcing the seizure of caller villages respective times a week.
Military leaders person stressed the value of processing "interceptor drones" arsenic the astir businesslike and economical means of combating Russian drone attacks, alternatively than utilizing missiles.
Mr. Syrskyi acknowledged that Russia had the anticipation to gully connected acold higher numbers to deploy successful its units, but said mobilisation figures had improved successful caller months.
"I tin accidental this: we person overmuch improved numbers successful this respect than was the case, say, 7 months ago," helium told lb.ua.
The improvement, helium said, was owed to amended cognition of recruitment centres and grooming and "in presumption of moving with people, due to the fact that we understand that, archetypal of all, problems originate wherever determination is nary due quality attraction towards the radical being mobilized".
Mr. Syrskyi besides said Ukrainian losses successful 2025 had been reduced by 13% compared to the erstwhile twelvemonth "while astatine the aforesaid clip the level of force losses has risen significantly".
