Ukrainian authorities will visit the United States this month or next to negotiate large gun purchases and drone production agreements, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday (27).
and to meet the. He said he shared with Trump “a certain view of what could be done” to respond to Russia’s actions in his war against Ukraine.
Ukraine has prepared a list of about $ 90 billion in US weapons you want to buy.
“In addition to the great arms agreement, which we call ‘Mega Deal’, we have also discussed ‘Drone Deal’. Technical groups are already starting to work in this agreement,” Zelensky told reporters about his US visit.
“These are drones that the United States will buy directly from Ukraine.”
For over three and a half years of war, Ukraine has created a drone industry from scratch, with hundreds of producers producing millions of drones, but the country has no financial resources to further increase production.
Ukraine also depends a lot on especially for air defense.
Zelensky said Ukraine has already implemented a recently received system from Israel and hopes to receive two more systems in this fall.
Strengthen the air defense and protect cities and residents of the remains one of Zelensky’s government priorities.
In recent months, Russia has intensified its attacks with drones and missiles, sometimes sending hundreds of drones a night.
Ukraine is responding by sending its own drones to achieve Russian energy and oil facilities, and Zelensky has indicated that it may have other ideas.
“It is useless to expect Russia to take conciliatory measures in relation to Ukraine. Therefore, Ukraine must take the appropriate measures in relation to Russia,” he said.
