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Zelenskyy visits Saudi Arabia after offering Ukraine's drone expertise

Ukraine signed a 10-year defense pact with Saudi Arabia, deploying over 200 anti-drone experts to share its battle-tested drone defense technology amid regional Iranian attacks.

  • On Thursday, March 26, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a 10-year defense cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia in Jeddah, formalizing a partnership focused on air defense technology and expertise sharing.
  • Gulf nations facing Iranian-designed Shahed drone attacks sought Ukraine's battle-tested expertise, developed over years of countering identical Russian drone threats targeting Ukrainian cities nightly.
  • "We are ready to share our expertise and systems with Saudi Arabia," Zelenskyy said, noting the pact lays "the foundation for future contracts, technological cooperation, and investment."
  • Deploying anti-drone specialists and integrating AI-driven data analysis, Ukraine gains access to critical air-defense systems while strengthening Saudi protection against Iranian threats.
  • Positioning Kyiv as a "security donor," this 10-year pact strengthens Saudi defenses while deepening Ukraine's ties with energy-producing nations amid global military and economic uncertainties.
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Kiev is strengthening its partnerships in the Middle East. Ukraine signed on Saturday a defence cooperation agreement with Qatar and is preparing another with the United Arab Emirates, relying on its expertise in the destruction of drones. Ukraine signed on Saturday a defence cooperation agreement with Qatar and another is announced with the United Arab Emirates, Kiev seeking to use its expertise in the destruction of drones in the context of th…

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'Risky moment': Ukraine treads tightrope with Gulf arms deals

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that his country had "undoubtedly changed the geopolitical situation" in the Middle East with a series of decade-long defence agreements with Gulf states being hit with Iranian drones and missiles.

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After more than four years of war, Ukraine has developed a certain expertise in drones and anti-drones. It has just signed agreements with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar to share its know-how. These countries are targeted by the same Iranian Shahed drones, used in Ukraine by Russia.

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Ukraine signed security agreements this Saturday with the United Arab Emirates and Qatar by which Kiev is committed to providing advice in the fight against Iranian drones that hit its territory since the beginning of the war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran now a month ago.The agreements were announced by President Volodimir Zelenski during his tour of the Persian Gulf countries and join the one he signed on the eve with Sa…

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WPLG broke the news in Miami, United States on Thursday, March 26, 2026.
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