Ukraine

Zelenskyy Says US Asked for Ukrainian Assistance With Iranian Drones

Is Ukraine's drone expertise a valuable asset to share or does this betray a bitter irony given Trump's policy shifts?

Published MAR 6

Zelenskyy Says US Asked for Ukrainian Assistance With Iranian Drones

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Above: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a cabinet meeting in Kyiv on March 5. Image credit: Tetiana Dzhafarova/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-Ukraine narrative

Ukraine has developed irreplaceable expertise in defending against Iranian-made Shahed drones. It is prepared to share this know-how with countries who have assisted Ukraine in the course of its war with Russia.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy on X

Anti-Trump narrative

The irony of the U.S. asking for assistance will not be lost on Ukrainians who have suffered under U.S. President Donald Trump's erratic policy towards their country, including the cutting off of direct military supplies.

BBC News X