Ukraine’s 39-Year-Old Arms Chief Ramps Up Production in Face of Missile Hits

Monthly shell production up by multiples of total 2022 output
Rheinmetall, BAE seen as first of many foreign joint ventures

Ukraine’s Minister for Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin, in Kyiv, on June 28.Photographer: Pete Kiehart/Bloomberg

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By Marc Champion

July 9, 2023 at 6:00 AM UTC

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Just months after he was tapped to oversee Ukraine’s arms industry, Oleksandr Kamyshin says it produced more mortar and artillery shells in June than it made in all of last year.