NEW YORK — The U.S. military introduced Ukrainian counter-drone technology in recent weeks at a key U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia, according to five people with knowledge of the matter, as it seeks to stem attacks that destroyed aircraft and buildings and killed at least one service member.
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Ukrainian drone strikes have destroyed 40% of Russia's Primorsk oil port storage capacity and 30% at Ust-Luga — the two primary Baltic terminals handling Russia's oil export revenue. Both ports remain unable to handle oil shipments, and energy giant Novatek has suspended gas condensate exports entirely. Russia's defence ministry issued a formal threat of “unpredictable consequences” against European nations funding Ukraine’s drone production program. WooGlobe Ref : WGA539391
Planes are seen Feb. 17 at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia via satellite imagery.
Ukraine and Germany announced a €4.7 billion defense partnership this week, with Germany gaining access to Ukraine's battle-tested drone technology in exchange for Patriot missiles and enhanced military support. Defense analysts say Ukraine's FPV drone systems and long-range strike expertise represent the most advanced real-world drone warfare knowledge in the world, outperforming Russian air defenses throughout the conflict. The deal marks a significant NATO technology transfer as Germany rebuilds its defense industry using Ukraine's frontline drone innovations. WooGlobe Ref : WGA143792
In this picture obtained from social media released March 29, a U.S. Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control aircraft is damaged after an Iranian strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran. Reuters confirmed the location by the runway layout, buildings, utility towers and terrain seen in the photographs, which matched satellite imagery of the area.
4 years of war in Ukraine, in photos
FILE - A woman navigates a debris-filled street where destroyed Russian military vehicles stand in Bucha on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
FILE - A man plants sunflowers in his garden between a damaged Russian tank and its turret in the village of Velyka Dymerka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
FILE - Multiple wounds can be seen on the face of Kostiantyn Bychek during a hospital visit in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 25, 2025. He was injured in a Russian strike. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
FILE - Ukrainian military doctors treat an injured comrade who was evacuated from the battlefield in a hospital in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. The serviceman did not survive. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - FILE - A Ukrainian serviceman shouts to paramedics in front of the bodies of people killed after a Russian rocket attack on the food market in the city centrer of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
FILE - Emergency tents are set up in a residential neighborhood where people can warm up following Russia's regular air attacks against the country's energy infrastructure that leave residents without power, water and heating in the dead of winter, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Vladyslav Musiienko, File)
FILE - A wounded Ukrainian soldier lies in a medical evacuation bus run by volunteers from the Hospitallers paramedic organization in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
FILE - Rescue workers carry an injured woman on a stretcher out of a house destroyed by a Russian airstrike in a residential neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
FILE - Snow covers the photograph of a fallen Ukrainian serviceman in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
FILE - A person wounded in a Russian attack lies inside an ambulance before being taken to a hospital in Kherson, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
FILE - A Ukrainian MSLR BM-21 "Grad" rocket launcher of the 95 Air Assault brigade fires toward Russian positions on the front line near Kreminna, Ukraine, Thursday, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
FILE - A woman cries during the funeral ceremony of Ihor Kusochek, a Ukrainian soldier of the Azov brigade in Bobrovytsia, Chernihiv region, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
FILE - Ukrainian servicemen walk through a charred forest along the front line, a few kilometers from Andriivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov, File)
FILE - A pregnant woman who was severely wounded during Russian shelling is evacuated from a maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, March 9, 2022. The woman did not survive. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
FILE - Ukrainians crowd under a destroyed bridge as they try to flee by crossing the Irpin River on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
FILE - A man recovers items from a shop that caught fire in a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
FILE - Bodies are placed into a mass grave on the outskirts of Mariupol, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
FILE - A Ukrainian police officer takes cover in front of a burning building that was hit in a Russian airstrike in Avdiivka, Ukraine, Friday, March 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
