European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen traveled to Kyiv on Tuesday to sign a new cooperation agreement with Ukraine focused on joint drone production. Standing alongside President Volodymyr Zelensky, she declared: “What we are signing today is our own drone agreement.”
The deal aims to strengthen both European and Ukrainian defense industries through technology sharing and knowledge transfer. It represents a further deepening of the EU-Ukraine defense relationship, moving beyond financial and weapons aid toward integrated industrial cooperation.
In a parallel announcement, EU member states agreed to extend temporary protection for Ukrainians displaced by the war — a measure that had been set to expire — ensuring continued residency and work rights across the bloc.
