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Ukrainian president orders equipment and expertise to be provided to US in return to diplomatic support against Russia, saying ‘we help to defend from war those who help us’

The United States and its allies in the Middle East are seeking Ukraine’s expertise in countering Iran’s Shahed drones, president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.

Various countries, including the US, have approached Ukraine for help in defending against the Iranian drones, Zelenskyy said late on Wednesday. He said he has spoken in recent days to the leaders of the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait about possible cooperation.

Ukrainian assistance in countering Iranian drones will be provided only if it does not weaken Ukraine’s own defences, the Ukrainian president said, and if it adds leverage to Kyiv’s diplomatic efforts to stop the Russian invasion.

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[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This guy is busy maintaining a frontline and repelling an enemy invasion on his own territory, and yet he still takes time out of his day to help people who basically turned their backs on him in his time of need.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Just reinforces what we already knew. He's at least twice the man trump is.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

And he has a really good reason to hate Iran.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't multiply by a negative number. Zelenskyy is on an entirely different spectrum from trump.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

No, that would be the square root of a negative number plus or minus a real number

[–] tal@lemmy.today 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

While I appreciate the thought, Zelensky, and the difficulty of dealing with Trump, I think that you've probably already got enough on your plate for any national leader and then some.

[–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Incorrect, ukraine currently has more production capacity than money to pay for it. So since they are cash limited, exporting would help ukraine and get them more money to build drones for themselves.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Look who suddenly has drones left to protect Israel instead of Ukraine.

[–] mcv@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago

In exchange for support. He needs support more than drones. Trump is trying to abandon him again and pressure Ukraine to surrender. Zelensky tries to remind Trump what side he should be on. Doing that is worth a few drones.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Drones is the one thing Ukraine never had a shortage of. Always ammunition. Particularly for guided artillery.

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