Ukrainians have criticised German arms maker Rheinmetall after its CEO dismissed their country’s drone-focused defence innovation as basic technology put together by housewives in kitchens.
For Kyiv, drones have been critical to its war effort against Russia and are a source of pride as the country has fended off a bigger and better-armed enemy in four years of fighting.
“If every housewife in Ukraine can really make drones, then every housewife in Ukraine can be the CEO of Rheinmetall,” Zelenskiy told reporters in a WhatsApp chat.
Rheinmetall isn’t the one shaping the Ukrainian battlefield. If he wants to talk smack, he better prove his company’s worth to Ukraine.
I feel like the Rheinmetal CEO was trying to compliment them, kind of like the whole “in a cave with a box of scraps” thing.
But, dude, phrasing.
“It’s Ukrainian housewives,” he said. “They have 3-D printers in the kitchen, and they produce parts for drones. This is not innovation.”
That’s not a compliment.
Well then fuck that guy.
