Ukraine sends over 15,000 experts for combat against Russia's war machine in Ukraine?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirms dispatching over 200 military experts, including anti-drone specialists and pilots to UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia; these professionals are already supporting armed forces in the Middle East against Iranian Shahed missiles
Key Points
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1Ukraine has deployed over 200 military specialists to the Middle East, including countries in the Persian Gulf such as UAE and Saudi Arabia.
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2The Ukrainian experts are assisting U.S. Armed Forces against Iranian Shahed drones within a framework of cooperation requested by Washington from Kyiv.
Developments
Perspectives
Ukraine has sent more than 200 experts to help Gulf countries defend themselves against Iranian drones, while simultaneously counterattacking Russian forces in southern Ukraine.
— (Al Jazeera English)The Presidency of Ukraine announced that around 200 Ukrainian specialists are already deployed in the Middle East specifically to assist United States Armed Forces operations targeting Shahed-type drone attacks on Kyiv's request due to regional escalation patterns observed by Washington and Moscow alike, with Zelensky confirming this deployment.
— (Zona-militar)Ukraine plans to send over 240 experts and nearly three dozen additional advisers to Gulf nations like the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Cyprus (for British bases), Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, Oman, Iraq, Syria. The goal is to help these countries defend against Iranian Shahed-type drones using Ukraine's proven low-altitude interception technology that has achieved a 90% success rate in shooting down Russian variants during the war with Russia since February
Ukraine has deployed approximately 201 military specialists to assist U.S. forces in countering Iranian Shahed drones at Washington's request within a proposed drone cooperation agreement currently under negotiation with Kyiv and other reliable partners, while President Donald Trump confirmed his willingness to accept such international aid against Iran-backed attacks on allied bases.