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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/world/middleeast/ukraine-shahed-drone-middle-east.html
Ukraine Helps U.S. to Counter Iranian Drones
(New York Times) Kim Barker - Ukraine has sent interceptor drones and a team of drone experts to protect U.S. military bases in Jordan, President Volodymyr Zelensky told the New York Times. The country was eager to use its hard-won expertise and advanced technology to help U.S. forces and their Middle Eastern allies defend against the Iranian-designed attack drones that Russia has been using in Ukraine for years. An Iranian drone killed six U.S. service members at a command center in Kuwait last week. Ukraine now builds interceptor drones to destroy most Russian attack drones. In February, Russia sent 5,000 attack drones and decoys into Ukrainian cities; Ukraine downed 87% of them.