Ukraine deploys 228 specialists to Middle East, discussing ‘serious agreements’

KYIV, March 20 (Reuters) – Kyiv has deployed 228 specialists to help Middle Eastern countries with drone defence, and is working with Middle Eastern leaders to sign “serious agreements,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday.

Zelenskiy also told reporters that Ukrainian and U.S. working groups would continue work on bilateral documents between Kyiv and Washington and discuss a wide-ranging drone deal at a meeting in the U.S. at the weekend.

(Reporting by Olena Harmash, writing by Max Hunder; Editing by Aidan Lewis)

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