The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has signed agreements with defense companies to produce new weapons and strike drones, aiming to expand the domestic defense industrial base, according to a report from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). On July 30, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov announced that the Ministry of Defense had signed two agreements with domestic defense industry enterprises worth nearly 5 billion hryvnias (approximately $121 million). On August 1, the Ministry also announced a contract worth over 3.7 billion hryvnias (around $90 million) with local producers for su…