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UK to fund joint drone production with Ukraine
June 24, 2025 | The Kyiv Independent
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky are meeting with Ukrainian military personnel undergoing training in the United Kingdom on June 23, 2025. (Presidential Office of Ukraine)
Ukraine and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement to jointly produce drones, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov announced on June 24.
Britain will finance the procurement of Ukrainian-designed drones manufactured in the UK, he added.
The deal comes as Ukraine has rapidly developed its drone capabilities since 2022, evolving from modifying commercial aircraft to producing military UAVs, attack drones, and reconnaissance systems at scale.
The agreement was reached between President Volodymyr Zelensky and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Umerov said.
Under the three-year program, the UK will finance the procurement of a wide range of Ukrainian drones to be produced by British defense companies.
"This will enable British defense companies to rapidly design and produce state-of-the-art drones on a large scale," Umerov wrote on Facebook.
According to Umerov, all production will be directed to meet the needs of Ukraine's Defense Forces. After the war ends, the UK and Ukraine will share the produced drones between themselves.
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The NATO war machine gets an approval for war spending. Trump's message here is likely fine, if you want to do war on Russia do it yourselves (finance your own wars). War is good for European economic growth:
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