The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced that his country had received a specific request from the United States for assistance in countering Iranian drones in the Middle East, Ukrinform reported, BTA reported.
"We received a request from the United States for specific support in defense against Iranian drones "Shahed" in the Middle East," Zelensky wrote in "Ex".
The Ukrainian president added that he had ordered the provision of the necessary funds and the presence of specialists from Ukraine to help ensure security.
US President Donald Trump said in a telephone interview with Reuters that Washington would accept help from any country on this issue.
"Of course, I will accept any help from any country," Trump said, when asked about Ukraine's offer to help defend against Iranian drones.
The Iranian army announced today that it had launched a drone attack on a key US military base in the northwestern part of Kuwait.
The Israeli army, for its part, called on residents of the southern suburbs of Beirut, one of the strongholds of the pro-Iranian group "Hezbollah", where hundreds of thousands of people live, to evacuate immediately. Intense gunfire was heard there shortly after the Israeli warning.
The UAE Ministry of Defense said that air defenses had shot down six ballistic missiles, and another had fallen on the territory of the Emirates. At the same time, foreign ministers of the EU and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries strongly condemned Iran's unjustified attacks on countries in the Middle East.