U.K. defense companies are in talks with officials in Kyiv about setting up joint ventures in Ukraine to produce arms and vehicles, The Telegraph reported, citing an unidentified British executive. The report comes just days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London to discuss more military aid. Local production would reduce Ukraine’s need for Western military aid but such factories would be prime targets for Russian forces, experts said. To read the original story by CNN, click here.
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