Ukraine Could Help Down Iran’s Drones, if Partners Broker Ceasefire, FM Says

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha speaks during the joint press conference with Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen (not pictured) in Kyiv, Ukraine, 28 February 2026. (EPA)
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha speaks during the joint press conference with Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen (not pictured) in Kyiv, Ukraine, 28 February 2026. (EPA)
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Ukraine Could Help Down Iran’s Drones, if Partners Broker Ceasefire, FM Says

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha speaks during the joint press conference with Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen (not pictured) in Kyiv, Ukraine, 28 February 2026. (EPA)
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha speaks during the joint press conference with Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen (not pictured) in Kyiv, Ukraine, 28 February 2026. (EPA)

Ukraine could send drone specialists to the Middle East and share capabilities and expertise to help down Iranian drones if its partners ‌help to broker ‌a ceasefire ‌in ⁠its four-year war ⁠with Russia, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha told Reuters on Monday.

Sybiha said that Ukraine's ⁠effectiveness in intercepting Iranian-made "Shahed" ‌drones ‌had reached up ‌to 90%, thanks ‌in part to using domestically produced interceptor drones.

"We won't be able ‌to send all of our operators, ⁠but ⁠we can certainly send some of them if the absence of Russian strikes against our country is guaranteed," Sybiha said.