The UK is set to become the first international partner with access to Ukraine’s Avengers AI Labs under a new bilateral defence agreement.
The European Commission has approved €6.1 billion in new defence procurement for Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv is ready to buy missiles for its Patriot air defense systems.
Ukraine has added Alexa Spatium, its first domestically developed jet-powered drone interceptor, to the arsenal of the Defence Forces of Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence said.
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency has developed 10 new project concepts with Ukrainian and allied officials under the NATO-Ukraine Strategic Defence Procurement Review.
Ukraine’s Defence Forces are already using more than 70 systems powered by artificial intelligence and computer vision to strike battlefield targets, according to the Ministry of Defence.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have neutralised more than 260,000 Russian fixed-wing and multirotor drones since the start of 2026, according to Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence.
Ukraine is receiving just over €2 billion a month in military assistance on average in 2026, down from more than €2.5 billion in previous years, according to figures attributed to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
Ukraine’s air-defence forces intercepted 5,358 strike drones and missiles during large-scale attacks in July 2026, according to the Ministry of Defence.
The European Commission disbursed €3.47 billion to Ukraine on 30 July under the defence window of its €90 billion Ukraine Support Loan.
Trump described the advanced technology as “a hard thing to give away” during a Cabinet meeting at Camp David.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed licenses that would allow Ukraine to produce interceptors for Patriot air defense systems during talks at the White House.
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