Overview
- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on March 1 that Britain would bring Ukrainian experts together with British specialists to help Gulf partners shoot down Iranian drones.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on March 2 that he has received no direct approach from the UK, other partners, or Middle Eastern representatives to deploy Ukrainian experts overseas.
- Zelenskyy described Ukraine’s experience countering Shahed-type drones and ballistic threats as irreplaceable and reiterated readiness to share that know-how with international partners.
- Kyiv signaled a preference to train foreign teams in Ukraine and stressed that immediate priorities include defending regions such as Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, and Kyiv.
- Western interest in Ukrainian operational knowledge continues, including prior cooperation through NATO-aligned exercises in Estonia and French projects that expanded into a February 2026 electronic warfare initiative.