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New Ukraine-Britain Defense Road Map Targets Air Defense, Long-Range Weapons, and Sea Protection
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Ukraine and Britain signed a road map in Kyiv on Friday to develop a century-long defense partnership and set out key areas of defense cooperation for 2026, according to Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal in a statement on January 9.
Shmyhal stated that he signed the document alongside British Defense Secretary John Healey, calling it an important step toward implementing large-scale projects made possible by the century partnership agreement between Ukraine and Britain. He said he thanked Healey for visiting Kyiv.
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He also added that he and representatives of Ukraine’s intelligence services and General Staff briefed Healey on the consequences of a large-scale Russian combined strike overnight, adding that strengthening air defenses and supplying ammunition for those systems was a top priority.
He said Britain had already made a significant contribution to Ukraine’s ability to repel what he described as Russian terror.
He said Ukraine would scale up production of Octopus interceptor drones to 1,000 a month starting in February, and that the two sides separately discussed joint strategic industrial projects in air defense and long-range weapons, prospects for localizing production of Swedish Gripen aircraft that include technologies from British companies, steps to strengthen protection of Ukraine’s sea, and preparations for a “Ramstein” meeting scheduled for February.
Earlier, it was reported that Ukraine and the UK agreed to co-produce thousands of Octopus-100 interceptor drones in the UK under a defense-industrial cooperation framework.
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