Yuri Kobzar19:44, 24.07.26

Ukraine is ready to share drone technologies with the United States.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced an agreement on drones / photo UNIAN

Next year, the flight range of Ukrainian drones may reach 5,000–10,000 kilometers, and Ukraine is ready to share these technologies with the United States. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated this in an interview with American blogger Laura Loomer.

“Now you have drones, and the Russians and we already have drones with a flight range of over three thousand kilometers. And this year we will have four thousand kilometers. Next year – from five to ten,” he said.

Zelensky stressed that drones with a range of ten thousand kilometers are a tool that would allow the United States to “get closer to its potential enemy.” And Ukraine, he said, is ready to share this technology.

“We want to make the largest drone deal with the United States. We develop and supply various naval drones, aerial drones, long-range drones for medium and long-range strikes – a lot of things,” he noted.

According to the president, the document is “almost ready.” It provides for the establishment of joint production in the United States, provided that these drones will not be supplied to “dangerous countries” and their sales will be limited to the United States, Europe, and Ukraine.

“The most important thing is technology. That’s what we have. And America has great technology. So our drone deal is a win-win for both sides. (…) When we talk to soldiers, to Americans, to generals and officers, they say: ‘If it weren’t for your experience, America wouldn’t have been able to reach this level.’ So America got absolutely exclusive things,” Zelenskyy emphasized.

Ukrainian military technologies

As UNIAN reported, Ukraine may receive laser weapons to combat air targets in the next 2-3 months, General Andriy Lebedenko said. According to him, teams within the Armed Forces of Ukraine and private Ukrainian companies are working on such systems.

We also reported that Ukraine plans to expand the ground-based beacon system, which is already operating in Sumy and Kharkiv regions and has shown high results. It allows for navigation for small aircraft, interceptor drones, and sensors, even when the enemy blocks access to satellite navigation using electronic warfare (EW) means.

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