Richard Woodruff says his kamikaze drones have wiped out than $100m (£79m) worth of Russian equipment in the last year.
Over the weekend, the 31-year-old from Crowborough, East Sussex met with cross-party MPs who travelled to Lviv and urged them to lobby for backing from the UK Government to boost their drone production by 1,000 a month.
“And at an incredibly low cost. It’s £250 for a drone that can take out a $2m tank.
Richard Woodruff, centre, has called for the British Government to support his drone-making factory“It takes two or three of them to stop a tank. That’s 300 tanks you could possibly stop with just those drones.
“One of our drones is £250 and took out a $25m air defence system. It hit the radar and made it completely inoperable because radar systems are very complex, and they don’t like RPGs exploding on them, believe it or not.”
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Read MoreFootage shared with The i Paper showed the drones attacking Russian tanks and armoured vehicles during Ukraine’s recent incursion into Kursk.
The drones were the first to strike into Russian territory after they took out armoured vehicles, tanks and supply networks in Belgorod, Mr Woodruff said.
Mr Woodruff met with a contingent of British MPs who had travelled to Ukraine over the weeked
His organisation, Front Line Kit, supplies the Ukrainian army’s Achilles drone battalion, part of the 429th regiment of unmanned systems and the second deadliest drone battalion on the front line.
“They [the MPs] can make a difference. If they do go back to Parliament and they do convince them to supply us with the parts or £250,000 a month, that is thousands of Ukrainian lives saved,” he saved.
“They can only move around at night for that reason, unless they have a death wish.
Mr Woodruff, originally a chef, travelled to Lviv in June 2022, just months after Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
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Read MoreTowards the end of 2023, a Ukrainian friend approached him and asked if he wanted to start helping build drones.
His organisation, Angel of Life, also delivers humanitarian aid and procures vehicles, medical supplies and military equipment for the front line.
Currently, around 350 a month are being constructed, down from a monthly high of 900, but with support from Whitehall Mr Woodruff believes they could make 1,000 more, with one drone taking an hour to put together.
“It’s depressing, because I have 10 British people waiting in my inbox saying, Please, can I come help you build? But we just don’t have the parts,” Mr Woodruff added.
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