ANALYSIS-Drone diplomacy wins Ukraine valuable allies, but now it must deliver
Published on: April 28, 2026, 7:37 p.m. | Source: Devdiscourse
"It needs to find a balance between its war needs and exports." Another challenge for Ukraine is that its success has mostly been in developing effective systems - such as coordinated layers of interceptor drones, machine guns and jamming devices for drone defence - rather than cutting-edge technology. As a shop window for these techniques, Ukraine has deployed about 200 experts to the Gulf to help defend against Iran's Shahed long-range drones.
