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Finland Will Send Ukraine 90% of Jointly Produced Drones

Finland and Ukraine are finalizing an agreement to jointly manufacture drones, President Alexander Stubb announced. Under the planned arrangement, nine out of every ten systems produced will go directly to Ukraine, while Finland retains the remaining 10%. This is what modern support should look like…

Finland Will Send Ukraine 90% of Jointly Produced Drones

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FINLAND WILL SEND UKRAINE 90% OF JOINTLY PRODUCED DRONES

Finland and Ukraine are finalizing an agreement to jointly manufacture drones, President Alexander Stubb announced. Under the planned arrangement, nine out of every ten systems produced will go directly to Ukraine, while Finland retains the remaining 10%.



This is what modern support should look like: Ukrainian battlefield experience combined with Finnish technology, financing and industrial capacity.



Producing drones in Finland will expand and disperse Ukraine’s supply network while helping a NATO country absorb the lessons of modern warfare in real time.



Ukraine receives urgently needed weapons. Finland strengthens its own defenses. Europe gains another production line prepared for the security challenges ahead.

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