India, March 11 -- Nearly seven months ago, Ukraine reportedly offered the United States its low-cost interceptor drone, along with other sensors and air defence systems designed to counter Iranian-made attack drones. However, US officials at the time did not seem very interested and chose not to buy it. Cut to now, as a military conflict has erupted between the US and Iran and Tehran is targeting American military bases in West Asia, Washington has sought help from Kyiv.

US and Israeli strikes inside Iran have destroyed several major military targets and resulted in the death of the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28. Ever since the conflict broke out, Tehran has responded by launching drone and missile attac...