The recent escalation in Russian drone incursions across Europe has inadvertently underlined Ukraine’s burgeoning reputation as the continent’s leading practitioner of drone warfare. A number of individual countries including Denmark and Poland have responded to Russia’s provocative actions by seeking to establish joint anti-drone training initiatives with Ukrainian instructors, while Ukraine has featured prominently in the fast-evolving discussion over a collective European defense against Putin’s drones.
Ukraine’s drone warfare prowess was a hot topic at this week’s European Political Community Summit in Copenhagen. “The only expert right now in the world when it comes to anti-drone capacities is Ukraine, because they are fighting the Russian drones almost every day,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen commented. “We need to take all the experiences, all the new technology, all the innovation from Ukraine, and incorporate it into our own rearmament.”
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte agreed with the Danish leader’s assessment of Ukraine’s pivotal role. “Ukraine is a powerhouse when it comes to military innovation and anti-drone technology,” he noted, adding that Ukraine’s readiness to share its insights with the country’s NATO partners was “very important.”
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