{"id":333689,"date":"2026-05-13T01:23:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=333689"},"modified":"2026-05-13T01:23:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:53:53","slug":"zelenskyy-says-ukraine-working-on-military-drone-deal-with-canada-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/zelenskyy-says-ukraine-working-on-military-drone-deal-with-canada-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy says Ukraine working on military \u2018drone deal\u2019 with Canada &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-byline\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__text\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span>By Dylan Robertson<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-byline__source c-byline__source--noName\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-byline__datesWrapper\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__dates\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Posted May 12, 2026 3:34 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ministries for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Mark Carney\u2019s office said last August that the defence departments in Canada and Ukraine had signed a letter of intent \u201cto co-produce defence materials in each countries,\u201d but didn&#8217;t refer specifically to drones.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get day by day National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get day by day Canada news delivered to your inbox so you may never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ukraine has talked about signing export deals with other 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