President Vladimir Zelensky said that there are currently 228 Ukrainian specialists in the Gulf countries. There they help local air defense forces in the fight against Iranian drones, Suspilne reports his words..

In particular, Ukrainian specialists are located in Qatar, Emriat, Saudi Arabia. Ukraine also cooperates with Kuwait and Jordan, Zelensky said.

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" We work on site. Local air defense specialists are at a fairly high level, but they work more with ballistics.

As for small air defense, how to work against massive attacks by Shaheeds, no one except us has such experience,” he added.

Earlier, The Times newspaper reported that Ukrainian instructors were shocked by how Americans and allies shot down Iranian drones. Gulf states have fired up to eight Patriot interceptor missiles (each costing more than $3 million) at a single target, using the systems to even shoot down cheap drones. In addition, the Ukrainians were amazed by how Kuwaiti air defense shot down three American F-15E fighters at once.