Ukraine has started receiving drones from the biggest ever drone package announced by Britain, the Ukrainian Defence Ministry has said. The ministry said in a statement, ‘This year, Ukraine is expecting to get a total of One Lakh Twenty Thousand drones as part of the package, including strike, reconnaissance, logistics, and maritime models.’

The initiative is backed by Britain’s wider 4.07 billion US dollars of military support for Ukraine this year, as well as the Group of Seven Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration for Ukraine initiative. Earlier, the Russian Defence Ministry said that actions by European governments to host and expand production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for Ukraine are “drawing the continent deeper into the conflict with Russia.