Three fully equipped teams of anti-drone experts will arrive this week in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tells journalists.
Answering a follow-up question, Zelensky’s communications adviser says an expert team is also being sent to a US base in Jordan. An official in the president’s office confirms that these are military personnel.
Zelensky does not elaborate on the teams’ makeup or exact mission.
Last week, he said the US and its allies in the Middle East were seeking Ukraine’s expertise in countering Iran’s Shahed drones.
Russia has fired tens of thousands of Shaheds at Ukraine since it invaded its neighbor just over four years ago.
Meanwhile, Axios reports that Washington last year rejected a deal proposed by Kyiv to sell systems that have successfully dealt with Iran’s attack drones. Last week, the US reversed course, after being hit harder than expected by such drones, the report adds.
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