KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine will soon hash out the legal details of a joint arms production venture with the U.S., Kyiv’s ambassador to Washington said on Wednesday, as part of a critical effort to bolster the Ukrainian defence industry.
Officials are hoping to scale up domestic arms production with Western help as the military fends off bigger and better-armed Russian forces in the fourth year of war.
Olha Stefanishyna said a Ukrainian delegation will visit the U.S. on September 30 after receiving a “positive signal” from President Donald Trump, who met Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy in New York on Tuesday.
“There was a very lively reaction from the U.S. president. He spent several minutes admiring Ukrainian innovation (and) capabilities,” she said on Ukrainian television.
The two leaders had previously discussed the contours of a joint production deal involving drones, which Zelenskiy said has received political backing from Trump.
Trump on Tuesday also voiced fresh support for Kyiv’s war effort, suggesting it should continue fighting to take back more of its territory.
(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa; Writing by Dan Peleschuk; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
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