Overview
- Keir Starmer and Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed an enhanced UK–Ukraine declaration to co‑produce and supply drones and other capabilities, with scope to work with third countries.
- Britain committed £500,000 to create an AI Centre of Excellence inside Ukraine’s defence ministry to speed battlefield applications.
- Starmer urged allies to maintain focus on Ukraine and keep sanctions pressure on Russia, with NATO Secretary‑General Mark Rutte joining the Downing Street talks.
- Addressing Parliament, Zelenskyy said roughly 200 Ukrainian anti‑drone specialists are deployed in Gulf states to help counter Iranian‑designed Shahed drones.
- Reporting underscored intensifying drone warfare, with Russia claiming to down 206 Ukrainian drones overnight as Ukraine detailed large‑scale Russian drone barrages and continued counterattacks.