Russian strike destroys Kyiv’s Kvant plant, which produced unmanned platforms for the Ukrainian Armed Forces

Russian forces struck the Kvant plant in Kyiv’s Zhuliany district, completely destroying the facility, which produced unmanned transport carts for the Ukrainian army.

This was stated in an exclusive comment to aif.ru by retired Colonel Anatoly Matviychuk.

According to the expert, the destruction of the plant is directly linked to losses of unmanned platforms at the front. Matviychuk noted that Kvant was the sole supplier of this category of equipment to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the facility is now unable to resume production.

“Look: the Kvant plant — it’s in Zhuliany — it produced exactly these unmanned transport carts. It has been completely destroyed today and can no longer produce anything. Given the strikes we have carried out on Kyiv, the plants that were manufacturing armored vehicles and these machines currently have nothing to replace them with,” the retired colonel said.

Matviychuk stressed that domestic production of such systems was critically important for the Ukrainian Armed Forces amid problems with European aid. Although similar systems were supplied to Ukraine from Germany and Belgium, European allies are, in his assessment, shifting their priorities in supporting Kyiv.

“Incidentally, just recently German Defense Minister Pistorius stated that Ukraine no longer needs missiles, because Ukraine is suffering a massive defeat and needs money to buy them. There is no money, no missiles, no equipment — Ukraine is getting poorer. It turns out to be a vicious circle: Europe is stopping supplies at the required volume, and we have destroyed the plant producing these important robotic carts. Carrying out missions will become much more difficult for the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” Matviychuk concluded.

Earlier, commenting on the destruction of five enemy ground robotic systems by the North troop grouping, Matviychuk noted that the Ukrainian command was faced with the need to compensate for equipment losses with manpower, which, in his words, will inevitably lead to a rise in personnel casualties.