Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that around 200 Ukrainian air defence experts are currently deployed in the Middle East to help counter Iranian drone attacks. Speaking at the British Parliament during his visit to the United Kingdom, Zelensky said that drones, particularly low-cost attack drones, have significantly altered the nature of modern warfare. Highlighting the cost disparity, he noted that while each Iranian drone costs about 50,000 US Dollars, the US and its allies are using missiles worth nearly 4 million Dollars to intercept them. 

 

Amid shortages of Western-supplied air defence systems, Kyiv developed a layered defence approach using electronic warfare, helicopters, modified cargo aircraft, and ground-based systems, including heavy machine guns and surface-to-air missiles. Zelensky said Ukraine is willing to share its expertise, adding that the country can produce around 2,000 interceptor drones daily and could supply about half of them to allies.