Today, there are important updates from the Middle East. Here, after Ukrainian troops arrived to enhance the local air defense, reports show that they immediately increased the interception rate of Iranian drones substantially. The sky above four of the Gulf states started gradually closing, disrupting Iran’s operations and escalating its narrative against Ukraine. Recently, Ukraine has dispatched more than 200 specialists in counter-Shahed drone defense to the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait, and Ukrainian President Zelensky noted that they have already delivered concrete results by providing both expertise and operational support, successfully starting to intercept Shahed drones in the area, limiting Iran’s advantage in using cheap drones to overload local air defenses. The United States Central Command has invited Ukrainian specialists to the Middle East to provide expertise, des

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