Ukraine military drone experts ‘due in Gulf soon’
There is said to be interest in anti-drone warfare not only from the US but from private and public channels in Gulf nations too
Ukrainian military personnel are expected to arrive in the Gulf soon to help countries there fend off Iranian drone attacks, a senior Ukrainian official said on Friday.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that the United States had appealed for help from Kyiv downing Iranian drones that have been pummelling Israel and the Gulf over recent days.
Those Iranian strikes across the region have come in response to US and Israeli attacks against Tehran that killed its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
“The arrival of Ukrainian military personnel in the Persian Gulf is expected in the near future,” the source said, cautioning that talks were still under way to “determine how to make this happen” and that “right now everything is being decided”.
A top manager from the Ukrainian defence sector separately said that there was “a lot of interest” in Ukrainian anti-drone warfare from “private and public channels” in Gulf countries.
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“It’s not only about the products or gadgets, it’s also about complex solutions that consist with gadgets, solutions, teams,” said the manager, who asked not to be named to speak on sensitive military issues.