Zelensky: Ukraine wants to sign drone deal with Japan

He made these remarks in an interview with NHK, according to Ukrinform, citing the head of state’s Telegram channel . “Of course, we are very eager to establish military-technical cooperation between Ukraine and Japan—both at the government level (G2G) and at the business level (B2B)—since more than 70% of Ukraine’s defense industry is now in the private sector. I believe we will be able to increase the volume of bilateral trade, especially if we focus on the defense-industrial base,” Zelensky noted. In his view, despite differences between the Ukrainian and Japanese legal systems, “when it comes to defense, there are no neutral countries.