Monday, October 13, 2025

Ukraine Deep in Talks to Sell U.S. Millions of Drones

Ukraine's ability to produce massive amounts of certain kinds of drones and its experience using them in combat could come in handy for the U.S.

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We must learn from Ukraine. Ukraine air defences take down 80% of targets. Ukrainian drones stopped Russian advance on land and in the Black Sea, and devastated the Russian strategic bomber fleet. Ukraine shows besides tech we need integrated command & a new warfare ecosystem.

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-- Andrius Kubilius (@andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu) Oct 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM

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... A delegation from Kyiv was in Washington this week to work out the details of what could be a huge deal to sell the U.S. tens of millions of drones. After nearly four years of brutal all-out war with Russia, Ukraine is a world leader in some types of uncrewed weapons technology, and there is increasing demand for these systems.

The potential deal has the support of both U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Ukrainian military officials said they presented U.S. counterparts with the latest developments in their drone tech as well as proposals for "specific models, their effectiveness and conditions of use," according to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-12 03:56 PM

Good thing Ukraine has something to offer our Morals-Free Transactional President in Thief.

Otherwise Putin's Poodle would say, "Nyet!".

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-12 04:06 PM

@#2 ... Good thing Ukraine has something to offer our Morals-Free Transactional President ...

Makes me wonder what really caused Pres trump to appear to have a change of opinion towards Ukraine?

Did Trump military officials explain to him how the US can learn from Ukraine's use of drones?

That explanation seems much more likely of late.


#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-12 06:53 PM

Makes me wonder what really caused Pres trump to appear to have a change of opinion towards Ukraine?

#3 | Posted by LampLighter

Flattery and bribes.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-13 08:55 AM

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