UK to help build Europe’s “drone wall” against Russian threat

The Telegraph reported the information.

Healey said NATO would respond to Moscow’s “reckless” and “dangerous” maneuvers. London and Kyiv have launched Project OCTOPUS — a program producing interceptor drones “in the thousands to help Ukraine defend themselves.”

The drones cost less than a tenth of competitors’ prices and have already proven effective against Shahed drones. Healey added that the system could also contribute to the UK’s missile defense.

“We’re ready with allies through NATO to demonstrate to Putin that his aggression and his incursions, reckless or intentional, will be challenged,” he said.

• On September 11, UK Defense Minister John Healey signed an agreement to produce Ukrainian interceptor drones in the UK, following a Ukraine-UK industrial cooperation deal.