Overview

• Roman Knjaschenko, CEO of Skyeton, accused unnamed European drone makers of fabricating front-line combat claims by conducting only limited test flights over Lwiw, more than 1,000 km from Ukraine’s battlefields.
• He alleges competitors used purported collaboration meetings to steal Skyeton’s proprietary design and operational techniques through industrial espionage.
• Knjaschenko cautioned that billions of euros in EU defense funds may be misallocated to these unproven systems, undermining support for Ukraine.
• Skyeton’s Raybird drones have logged over 350,000 operational hours and can carry diverse payloads across missions lasting up to 28 hours and 2,500 km.
• So far, European manufacturers named in the allegations have not responded, raising questions about transparency in EU drone procurement.