from HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 16 Mar 10:03
https://sh.itjust.works/post/56890210
Foreign countries and firms that wish to buy Ukrainian drones should not be able to bypass the Ukrainian government by talking directly to manufacturers, president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in remarks released Sunday. Zelenskyy said a new system was needed to prevent this from happening, and that his government had already reprimanded one manufacturer for selling interceptors without considering the implications for Ukraine’s defences. The US-Israel war with Iran has sparked renewed interest in Ukrainian drone interceptors, with the United States and its Middle Eastern allies looking for ways to counter Iranian drone attacks.
Zelenskyy appeared to push back against Donald Trump’s claim that the US did not need Ukraine’s help on drone defence. The US has reached out to Ukraine “several times” to ask for help for a particular country, or for support for Americans, Zelenskyy said. “All our institutions received these requests, and we responded to them,” he told a briefing, without providing specifics.
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