An agreement between the UK and Ukraine to share battlefield technology has been reached today, boosting Ukraine’s drone production.
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Press Release, Whitehall, 23 June 2025: A landmark agreement between the UK and Ukraine to share battlefield technology has been reached today, boosting Ukraine’s drone production and linking up the UK’s defence industry with the cutting-edge technology being developed on the front lines in Ukraine.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Zelenskyy reached the agreement during the Ukrainian leader’s visit to Downing Street today. Technology data sets from Ukraine’s front line are set to be plugged into UK production lines, allowing British defence firms to rapidly design and build, at scale, cutting edge military equipment available nowhere else in the world.
Ukraine is the world leader in drone design and execution, with drone technology evolving, on average, every six weeks. The agreement will allow that data to be shared with UK firms to quickly build and produce large numbers of drones for Ukraine’s front lines.
Initial agreements between defence firms in both countries are expected to be rolled out in the coming weeks, with the aim of delivering Ukraine large numbers of battle-proven drones to continue to stave off Russia’s barbaric invasion over the coming months and years.
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