Joanna Kasisis

Zelenskyy said he had seen video footage from the Gulf of Ukrainian weapons taking down Iranian Shahed drones, which have struck several sites, including U.S.

bases in the Middle East, over the last month.

He did not say in which Gulf countries the Ukrainian team shot down these drones.

citing security reasons.

In the last couple of weeks, Zelensky has visited the region and signed defense deals with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.

Russia has been using Shahid drones to strike Ukrainian cities nearly every night, so Ukraine has developed ways to destroy them.

This includes electronic jamming, as well as small, cheap interceptor drones that blow up Shahids.

Joanna Kekises, NPR News, Kyiv.