US EditionZelenskyy to visit Starmer to sign new Ukraine-UK defence pact
The pact includes a £500,000 UK investment in an AI centre in Kyiv and aims to counter low-cost attack drones amid ongoing Russian aggression, UK officials said.
- On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in London to sign a new defence partnership aimed at tackling cheap attack drones.
- Starmer said he would meet Zelensky soon to keep focus on Ukraine amid the Iran conflict and a U.S. temporary waiver on Russian oil benefiting Moscow.
- The partnership will explore joint procurement and defence-industrial cooperation, with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte joining talks and combining Ukraine's drone expertise with UK defence industry.
- Starmer's office said the deal will boost global defensive capability against low-cost military hardware, support Gulf states under drone attack, maintain sanctions on Russia and mobilise a Coalition of the Willing with joint defence financing and procurement mechanisms.
- The partnership includes outreach to third countries for cooperation, with Britain funding a 500,000 pounds AI Centre of Excellence, though officials warn Middle East demand could constrain air-defence missile supplies.
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