Air-raid sirens cost Kyiv's weapons makers 61.8 working hours in a month
Two groups representing Ukrainian arms makers say air-raid sirens cost Kyiv's weapons producers 61.8 working hours in a month, nearly eight working days. The manufacturers want the government to count actual siren downtime against contract deadlines.
Ukrainian weapons manufacturers are asking the government to count time lost during air-raid alerts when it sets contract deadlines. Two groups speaking for the industry report the problem in Kyiv, according to Euromaidan Press, an outlet covering Russia's war in Ukraine.
How much time is lost
According to these groups, air-raid sirens cost Kyiv's weapons makers 61.8 working hours in one month. That is nearly eight working days. The source does not say which month was measured, how the hours were calculated or how many companies are covered.
What manufacturers want
Contract deadlines stay fixed even though work is interrupted when the sirens sound. The manufacturers therefore want the government to take the real time lost to sirens into account when judging whether deadlines are met. The source text gives no further detail on the request, including which authority it is addressed to or whether the government has responded.
The demand shows that, in wartime, defense companies are affected not only by production issues but also by recurring air-raid alerts that halt work, while the schedules in signed contracts remain unchanged.
