Ukraine is currently awaiting White House approval for a significant drone production agreement that Kyiv proposed last year, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. This deal is significant, especially as countries worldwide are scrambling to modernize their air defenses after the ongoing Iran war highlighted some serious shortcomings in current systems.
According to ABC News, the proposed agreement between the US and Ukraine would cover a whole range of drones and air defenses. The idea is for these systems to operate as a single, cohesive unit, capable of protecting against massive swarms of hundreds, or even thousands, of Iranian-designed Shahed drones and missiles. Zelenskyy mentioned this in a recent social media message, noting that they haven’t been able to sign the document just yet.
