The Netherlands has allocated €200 million to strengthen Ukraine’s anti—drone capabilities, according to Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans.

“We will spend it on counter-drone systems that can shoot down drones in Ukraine, the urgent need for which we saw again last night,” Brekelmans said during a phone interview from Ukraine. “Overnight there have been major air strikes here, which have had a significant impact because they are largely targeting the local energy infrastructure.”

The anti-drone support is part of a defense deal that Ukraine made with the Dutch that also includes a memorandum of understanding on the co-production of drones, which President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called “one of the promising areas of our bilateral cooperation” in a post on X.

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