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Ukraine ready to sign landmark drone defense deal with U.S., sources say, amid new details on Kyiv's role in Iran war

By Aiden Stretch Updated on: September 23, 2026  8:57 AM EDT   CBS News Original article contains links   [jb: Coloring/underlining below are my modest contribution to this important article] Kyiv — Ukraine is ready to sign a landmark drone defense deal with the United States, according to three sources familiar with the matter. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is prepared to sign the deal on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly this week in New York City, but the sources said the deal may instead be finalized at a later date, when the U.S. is ready to sign. Over the past year, the Department of Defense and its Ukrainian counterpart have developed a framework that would allow the two countries' militaries to expand testing and production of Ukrainian defense technology in the U.S. The importance of expanding partnerships with Ukraine's defense industry has become increasingly clear to the U.S. and its allies throughout the war with Iran . Du...
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At the U.N., Trump Lays Out a Winner-Takes-All Vision of U.S. Power

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President Trump spoke at the United Nations on Tuesday, threatening to “annihilate the Islamic republic” if a deal to end the war against Iran did not come to pass. Credit... Dave Sanders for The New York Times President Trump’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly amounted to a rejection of the founding concept of the United Nations.  The New York Times , Sept 22 JB:  There is a slight mention of Ukraine in the speech *** The NYT article, written by     Zolan Kanno-Youngs   and David E. Sanger , notes "Mr. Trump’s speech was also a pivot from his past remarks to the U.N. , which were spent insulting world leaders and scolding them on their own policies. 'Your countries are going to hell,' Mr. Trump said from the podium last year."
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