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Germany funds 50,000 strike drones for Ukraine, source says

The order is worth about €90 million and includes drones with software that can track moving targets, Auterion CEO Lorenz Meier said.

  • Germany is funding 50,000 attack drones for Ukraine, a source confirmed on July 12, marking one of the biggest purchases of drones for Kyiv by a Western government.
  • The order features Shrike first-person-view drones manufactured by SkyFall, equipped with Auterion software designed to autonomously track and hit moving targets in flight.
  • Auterion CEO Lorenz Meier confirmed the contract is worth about €90 million , with some drones already delivered and the rest arriving this year.
  • Meier noted Auterion is helping supply 100,000 total drones for Ukraine this year, while both Germany's Defence Ministry and Ukraine's Defence Ministry declined to comment.
  • Britain previously committed 150,000 drones to Ukraine last month as part of a £752 million funding package, while the Shrike drone recently topped a Pentagon-run competition leaderboard.
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The models of the Ukrainian manufacturer SkyFall are equipped with automatic tracking software. It is one of the largest known drone purchases by a western state for the country.

·Berlin, Germany
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This is one of the largest known purchase orders for drones from the Western Government for Ukraine.

·Kyiv, Ukraine
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Germany is financing 50,000 drones of attack on Ukraine, according to a source familiar with the subject. This order represents one of the largest purchases of drones already made by a Western government to Kiev. Ukraine has relied heavily on a variety of unmanned vehicles during the more than four years of war against Russia, and produces millions of drones annually, as Ukrainian forces carry out thousands of drone attacks daily.

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Germania va finanța cumpărarea a 50.000 de drone de atac pentru Ucraina, într-unul dintre cele mai mari contracte cunoscute până acum prin care un stat occidental sprijină livrarea unor astfel de aparate către Kiev.

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SRN News broke the news on Sunday, July 12, 2026.
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