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  The Middle East Is Asking Ukraine for Help — Could Kyiv Gain Leverage? Good morning. The Iran war is producing an unexpected strategic twist. Ukraine — a country fighting Russia since 2014 — is now being consulted by Middle Eastern states for its expertise in missile interception and drone defence. That may sound surprising. But after years of fighting Russia, Ukraine has become one of the most experienced countries in the world at stopping drones and missiles in real time . Ukraine has built an entire defensive ecosystem under constant attack. They combine Western systems such as Patriot, NASAMS, IRIS-T, and S-300 with their own innovations — including mobile radar teams, electronic warfare units, and improvised interceptor tactics. Just as important, Ukrainian forces have developed extremely effective ways of stopping cheap attack drones , something many militaries struggled with before the war. In other words, Ukraine has gained battlefield knowledge that few countri...