{"id":268719,"date":"2026-06-09T16:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T20:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/ukraine-is-ready-to-share-drone-technology-with-nordic-and-baltic-countries-zelensky-says\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T17:10:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:10:26","slug":"ukraine-is-ready-to-share-drone-technology-with-nordic-and-baltic-countries-zelensky-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/ukraine-is-ready-to-share-drone-technology-with-nordic-and-baltic-countries-zelensky-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine is ready to share drone technology with Nordic and Baltic countries, Zelensky says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ukraine is ready to share drone technology with Nordic and Baltic countries, Zelensky says<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-06-09 16:28:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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TALLINN, Estonia \u2014 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Nordic and Baltic leaders who were in Estonia for a regional summit Tuesday, a visit that comes amid friction over Ukrainian drones straying into the region in recent months.<\/p>\n

The drones have crashed into the chimney of a power plant in Estonia, hit empty fuel tanks in Latvia, and been shot down by Romanian fighter jets stationed in Lithuania. Ukrainian officials apologized, saying the drones had been aimed at military targets in Russia but were sent off course by Russian electronic interference.<\/p>\n

Estonia hosted the summit in its capital of Tallinn amid Russia\u2019s 4-year-old, full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Estonia holds the rotating presidency of the NB8, a regional grouping of the five Nordic and three Baltic countries, and brought together the bloc\u2019s prime ministers, along with Zelensky.<\/p>\n

Sharing Ukraine\u2019s drone expertise<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

Zelensky and Estonian President Alar Karis agreed to work on cheaper ways to shoot down drones that have flown over Estonia, including one that a NATO fighter jet shot down over the south of the country in May.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have shown that we can shoot the drones down with the planes,\u201d Karis said at a news conference. Using fighter jets to shoot down the drones is expensive, he added, so he hopes to partner with Ukraine for its technology and expertise to do it more cheaply.<\/p>\n

Zelensky said Ukraine was ready to do so, drawing on its experience with helping countries in the Middle East, where it had sent experts to train local forces, shoot down drones. \u201cWe did this in the Middle East, and it worked,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said Ukraine could offer the low-cost interceptor drones it has deployed at home to build an inexpensive shield against Russian drone attacks, and that Kyiv could send experts to its European partners \u201cat any moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Karis said he expects drones to cross into Baltic airspace as the war continues and urged the public to remain calm. Estonia…<\/p>\n

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