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UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv during an official visit.

September 28, 2023 Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast

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Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Entities

Grant Shapps (person) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) United Kingdom (organization) NATO (organization) Group of Seven (organization) Defence Industries Forum (organization) Dmytro Kuleba (person) Sébastien Lecornu (person) Gaël Veyssièr (person) France (organization) Jens Stoltenberg (person) Valerii Zaluzhnyi (person) Tony Radakin (person) German Federal Cartel Office (organization) Rheinmetall (organization) Ukrainian Defense Industry (organization) German regulatory agency (organization) Sebastien Lecornu (person) Gael Veyssiere (person) Rustem Umerov (person) Agence France-Presse (organization) Bohdan Nahaylo (person) Kyiv Post (organization) Ukrinform (organization) European Media and Information Fund (organization) Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (organization) Turgis & Gaillard (organization) Antonov (organization) Aarok MALE UAV (weapon_system) Sébastien Lecorne (person) French Ministry of Defence (organization) German Federal Antimonopoly Office (organization) Ukroboronprom (organization) Germany (organization) Ministry of Defense (organization) Yurii Dzhygyr (person) Natalia Kalmykova (person) Kateryna Chernohorenko (person) Security Service of Ukraine (organization) Kyiv (location) United States (organization) Ukraine (organization)

Source Reports

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

New UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps is on an official visit to Kyiv, and he has already met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

On Sept. 28, Germany's regulatory agency approved the plans of the arms manufacturer Rheinmetall to set up a joint venture in Kyiv together with the Ukrainian Defense Industry

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

AFP journalists are offering tailored training in digital investigation to Kyiv Post and Ukrinform journalists.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

The program is supported by EMIF and managed by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

The agreement for joint production of the Aarok MALE UAV was signed during French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecorne's visit to Kyiv on 28 September.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

The produced drones will not be exported and are intended only for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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