Latvia Readies First Drones for Kyiv Under Plan for Million Drones
Ukrainian servicemen of an air reconnaissance squad prepare a flight a Leleka reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle in the Donetsk region.
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Latvia is preparing to make its first shipment of drones to Ukraine as a coalition of countries aim to provide a million unmanned aerial vehicles to Kyiv.
“The drones are ready, the kind that our Ukrainian colleagues have asked for,” Prime Minister Evika Silina said after a government meeting in Riga on Tuesday. The craft will be delivered “in the near future,” she said.