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Nina Lloyd

UK signs deal with Anglo-American firm to supply more attack drones to Kyiv

Defence Secretary John Healey is meeting his US counterpart Pete Hegseth (PA) - (PA Wire)

The UK has signed a deal with an Anglo-American security firm to provide Ukraine with more advanced attack drones before a meeting between US and British defence secretaries on a possible peace plan.

The agreement with Anduril will see cutting-edge Altius 600m and Altius 700m systems – designed to monitor an area before striking targets that enter it – being supplied to Kyiv to help tackle Russian aggression in the Black Sea.

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