World

Ukraine to Share Drone Expertise With US for Middle East

Zelenskyy has ordered Ukraine to provide equipment and counter-drone expertise to the US and its allies to help defeat Iranian Shahed drones in the Middle East, framing the exchange as reciprocal: military knowledge for continued diplomatic backing against Russia. Separately, a British F-35 pilot flying out of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus became the first of his aircraft type to destroy a target in combat, shooting down two Shahed drones over Jordan with Asraam missiles.

Sources

A beer at sunrise then back on duty – the British pilot who made RAF history shooting down Iranian drones

The Guardian · Mar 5

Ukraine to help US and its allies counter Iranian drones in Middle East, says Zelenskyy

The Guardian · Mar 6

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