Speaking at the PISM Strategic Ark security conference in Warsaw, Sybiha said Ukraine had become a global leader in unmanned systems used in the air, on land, at sea and underwater, after more than four years of defending itself against Russia’s full-scale invasion. Ukrainian officials say around 20 countries have expressed interest in developing drone technologies with Kyiv. Germany has moved to deepen cooperation, with Defense Minister Boris Pistorius signing an agreement in Kyiv on joint defense innovation, including support for startups. Russia’s war in Ukraine has turned cheap first-person-view drones into one of the defining weapons of the battlefield, allowing low-cost systems to strike expensive armored vehicles and artillery.