Arsen Zhumadilov, who heads Ukraine’s Defense Procurement Agency, told POLITICO he spent much of his time at the arms conference convincing component manufacturers to build factories in Ukraine. He also repeatedly approached European government delegations to “share experiences and lessons from what we know.”

Ukraine's defense industry says exports would let factories run more efficiently, helping production better meet military demands at home.

(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday he had discussed developing joint weapons production with Washington and imposing further sanctions on Russia at talks with U.S. envoy Keith Kellogg.

The Kyiv government wants to piggyback on a prospective membership in the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force and produce drones in member countries.

Ukraine has been turning to domestically produced interceptor drones that cost as little as $1,000, a far cheaper option than using a $4 million Patriot missile to shoot down a $50,000 Shahed.

"During this war, Ukraine has reached the point where nearly 60% of the weapons we have, the weapons in the hands of our soldiers, are Ukrainian-made," Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address. Make sense of the latest ESG trends affecting companies and governments with the Reuters Sustainable Switch newsletter. Sign up here.

The Ukraine war has not only reshaped global security but has also delivered unprecedented profits to US defence contractors, weapons suppliers and investors

Grynkewich, who was speaking virtually to an industry group in Washington, D.C., urged any companies seeking to sell new products to NATO allies to attend September’s Defense Tech Valley conference in Ukraine.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal held a meeting in London with Armin Papperger, CEO of the German defense company Rheinmetall AG, on the sidelines of the international arms exhibition DSEI. — Ukrinform.

The Trump administration has approved a $825 million arms sale to Ukraine, which will include extended-range missiles and related equipment to boost its defensive capabilities. It comes as