UK Delivers Over 85,000 Military Drones to Ukraine As Drone Partnership Expands
The United Kingdom has supplied Ukraine with more than 85,000 military drones in just six months.
The Gaze reports this, referring to a statement made by the British government.
The announcement was made by UK Defence Secretary John Healey in Brussels, where he co-chaired a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group alongside Germany.
The deliveries were made possible through expanded production lines across British companies and new industrial partnerships that also support jobs in both the UK and Ukraine.
Healey confirmed that £600 million has been invested this year alone to speed up the delivery of various types of drones to Ukraine’s Armed Forces, including tens of thousands of short-range FPV drones vital for frontline reconnaissance, precision strikes, and disrupting Russian logistics behind enemy lines.
“Putin’s dangerous escalation in Ukraine and across Europe must be matched by ramping up our drone production and strengthening NATO’s air defences,” Healey said.
British defence firms such as Tekever, Windracer, and Malloy are among the key suppliers, contributing to a rapidly expanding drone sector now viewed as central to both Ukraine’s battlefield resilience and Europe’s broader security.
In addition, the Drone Capability Coalition, which the UK co-leads with Latvia, is preparing to award new contracts for around 35,000 advanced drone interceptors to bolster Ukraine’s air defences.
The Defence Secretary also announced the extension of the Royal Air Force’s participation in NATO’s Eastern Sentry air policing mission until the end of 2025. British Typhoon fighter jets continue to conduct patrols over Poland in response to repeated Russian drone incursions into European airspace.
Meanwhile, a team of British counter-drone experts will soon deploy to Moldova to help train its armed forces in detecting and neutralizing hostile UAVs.
As The Gaze previously reported, on September 11, the UK and Ukraine signed a first-of-its-kind industrial partnership to co-develop the Octopus interceptor drone, designed to shoot down Russian Shahed-type attack UAVs.