Ukraine Can Play Useful Role in Strait of Hormuz, Britain Says
Source: Reuters
April 11, 2026 6:22 AM EDT Update 4 hours ago
KYIV, April 11 (Reuters) - Ukraine can play a useful role in international efforts to secure the Strait of Hormuz, Britain's armed services minister said, praising its drone technology as among the best in the world.
Britain has organized discussions this month among more than 30 nations on how to reopen the strait, amid an Iranian blockade that has choked oil supplies to the global economy following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said this week Kyiv had participated in consultations, opens new tab on safeguarding navigation, drawing on expertise from four years of war with Russia. Ukraine has already deployed more than 200 experts to the Middle East, where they have downed Iran's long-range Shahed drones.
"Ukraine has some of the best technology in the world that it's developed here in the war. I think that could provide utility in the Middle East, as we're seeing already against Shahed drones, all the way through to the Strait of Hormuz," Al Carns said during a visit to Kyiv on Friday.
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