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Ukraine Sends Drone Experts to Counter Iranian Attacks Across Mideast

HeadlineMar 10, 2026

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says his country has sent drone experts to help protect U.S. bases in Jordan, with 11 countries asking Ukraine for assistance in countering Iranian strikes. Since September 2024, Ukraine has faced near-daily attacks from Shahed drones originally designed in Iran; the technology was later transferred to Russia. Writing on ​X, Zelensky also accused Russia of ​turning ⁠Iran’s strikes on U.S. bases in the Middle East ​into “a ⁠second front of Russia’s war against ⁠Ukraine.”

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