Ukraine announces effective creation of defence alliance with the UK
Kyiv and London agree on a strategic collaboration in the security and defence industries, establishing a framework for joint production and long-range capabilities.
Ukrainska Pravda
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Ihor Zhovkva, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, has said that the signing of an Enhanced Security and Defence Industrial Collaboration Declaration on 17 March effectively establishes a defence alliance between Ukraine and the UK.
Details:The documentwas signed in Londonby Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Under the agreement, Ukraine will share its unique combat experience, technologies and solutions, while the UK will invest, help scale up production and strengthen its own long-range capabilities.
Quote:"Our countries will explore possibilities for the joint production of long-range strike systems and the scaling up of related programmes. Meanwhile, the UK will consider the most effective ways to increase production volumes and support such solutions. This is no longer about individual deliveries, but about building a shared defence industrial ecosystem."
Details:Air defence will be a key area of cooperation, covering everything from effective drone interception and detection systems to the integration of counter-cruise missile capabilities and the expansion of anti-ballistic capacity.
Ukrainian combat experience will be systematically integrated into military training, exercises and doctrine development. Joint training will incorporate Ukrainian experience in drones and new battlefield technologies.
Zhovkva stressed that this collaboration is designed for the long term, strengthening defence supply chains, developing joint production capabilities and potentially involving third countries in shared projects.
Quote:"This is about jointly shaping a new European security architecture based on experience, technology and mutual trust. [...] The signed declaration opens a new stage in Ukrainian-UK cooperation: deep, technological and long-term. In effect, a true defence alliance."