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UK's New PM Meets Zelensky First, Hands Over Jamming Tech to Block Russian Drone Tracking

UK's New PM Meets Zelensky First, Hands Over Jamming Tech to Block Russian Drone Tracking
Andy Burnham, one week into the job as Britain's prime minister, made Volodymyr Zelensky his first foreign guest and agreed to share the blueprints for the UK's Stone Cloak drone-jamming system. Zelensky heads to Washington next for talks with President Trump, with Kyiv's air defense needs and a deadly Russian strike on Rostov still hanging over the trip.

Andy Burnham took over as British prime minister on July 20 after Keir Starmer resigned. One week later, on July 27, he met Volodymyr Zelensky at Portsmouth Naval Base, aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. Burnham made sure everyone noticed the timing.

"You are the first leader I have welcomed in person since taking office, and that is no accident," Burnham told Zelensky, according to Kyiv Post. "We are with Ukraine 100 percent. I am personally with you 100 percent."

Every time a Western government changes hands, Moscow watches for cracks in support for Kyiv. Burnham used his first week in office to close that door publicly.

What Britain actually handed over

The headline deliverable was intellectual property, not just hardware. Brit

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OilPrice.comBritain Backs Ukraine With New Electronic Warfare Cooperation
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pravda.com.uaUK will provide Ukraine with electronic warfare technology to protect drones
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defence24Ukraine will produce British electronic warfare systems - Defence24.com
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kyivpostUK's New PM Burnham Pledges '100%' Support for Ukraine, as Zelensky heads to Trump Talks - Kyiv Post