Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country has began preparations for a military drone cope with Canada.
In a post on social media, he says 20 countries are already working with Ukraine on similar deals.
Global News and The Canadian Press has reached out to National Defence Minister David McGuinty, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and their respective ministries for comment.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office said last August that the defence departments in Canada and Ukraine had signed a letter of intent “to co-produce defence materials in each countries,” but didn’t refer specifically to drones.
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Ukraine has talked about signing export deals with other countries to produce them with the advanced drone technology it has refined since Russia launched its full-scale invasion 4 years ago, and to construct drones in joint ventures.
Canadian officials testified last November that they’d seen little progress on efforts to seek out economic opportunities for Canadian firms in Ukraine in sectors like drone manufacturing, partly because those corporations were fearful concerning the physical safety of their staff and investments.
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