The sale had been under informal review in Congress, but the State Department declared an emergency because of the war in Iran.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the United States and its allies in the Middle East are seeking Ukraine’s expertise in countering Iran’s Shahed drones.

Iran has fired drones and missiles at U.S. assets across the Middle East, including military bases, since the war began.

With the United States focused on its conflict with Iran, Ukraine could face a critical shortage of U.S. air defence missiles ...

The U.S. has reportedly been able to stop most of the autonomous munitions, but even in being taken down, the weapons drain crucial defense resources.

Before the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, Washington assembled its largest force and some of its most powerful weaponry in the Middle East in decades.