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Ukraine And European Union Discussing Drone Deal, As Kamikaze Drones Hit Russian Supply Lines

Ukraine And European Union Discussing Drone Deal, As Kamikaze Drones Hit Russian Supply Lines
Pictured is a photo of a May 8 posting by the Ukrainian National Guard's First Azov Corps of a Hornet kamikaze drone near the Donetsk region's port city of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov above the Black Sea. Russia captured the city in May, 2022, but Ukraine is trying to retake it.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pursuing drone deals with European nations, even as the U.S. has so far delayed such a deal and as Ukraine uses increasingly long range, kamikaze "one way attack" drones to strike Russian infrastructure. "Today every country needs the modern means to at least monitor and protect its own airspace and sea borders," Zelenskyy told the Council of the European Union in Dublin on Tuesday. "Without Ukraine, without Ukraine's experience and security expertise--tested in modern war,…

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