Ukraine wants Western allies to invest in its defence industry

IN BID TO REPEL RUSSIA

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With little chance of NATO membership for Ukraine, the country’s Westem allies have bought into an alternate strategy for helping it repel Russian aggression: invest billions in Ukraine's weapons industry so it can better defend itself.

If the strategy works, Ukraine's weapons industry will eventually be able to help equip US and European armies, too, with cutting-edge drones and other military technology being developed in the midst of its war with Russia.

One recent advance in Ukraine's homegrown arsenal is a quadcopter drone that can evade Russian jamming devices, fly more than 20 kilometres and drop six kilograms (13 pounds) of guided explosives onto tanks and other high-value targets.