“We welcome any desire by the industry to help meet not only our needs in the field of state security, but also the needs of partners and allies around the world,” TASS quoted him as saying.

Earlier, the American military-industrial company Lockheed Martin announced its intention to increase the production of weapons supplied to Ukraine and other US allies, including Javelin MANPADS and HIMARS MLRS.

A high-ranking Pentagon spokesman said that the United States also expects to transfer the first NASAMS systems to Ukraine in the near future.