{"id":711,"date":"2025-09-04T22:30:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T22:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/?p=711"},"modified":"2025-09-08T18:37:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:37:50","slug":"ukraine-to-help-taiwan-build-combat-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/04\/ukraine-to-help-taiwan-build-combat-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine to help Taiwan build combat drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A Lviv-based tech hub has signed a partnership with the island\u2019s top UAV maker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"126\" data-end=\"335\">A Ukrainian tech hub has signed a deal with a Taiwanese defense company to design and build combat drones, according to an announcement on Wednesday. Poland will also provide expertise.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"126\" data-end=\"335\">The move was announced at the International Defense Industry Exhibition (MSPO) in Kielce, Poland, and comes amid heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"892\" data-end=\"1207\">According to Focus Taiwan, Ukraine will contribute research and development, Poland will provide expertise, and Taichung-based firm Thunder Tiger will supply technology and components. Earlier this year, Thunder Tiger unveiled an FPV drone capable of carrying an 81mm mortar as well as a new naval kamikaze drone.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun at a press briefing, September 4, 2025.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/68b9fd8685f5406ded5fd4a5.jpg\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/624143-china-accuses-kallas-confrontation\/\">China accuses EU\u2019s Kallas of \u2018stoking confrontation\u2019<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1209\" data-end=\"1397\">The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed by Taiwan Defense Industry Development Association President Tony Hsu, Polish-Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce founder Bartlomiej Dobosz, and Dmitry Dymyd, a representative of the Lviv Tech Cluster in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1209\" data-end=\"1397\">The agreement <em>&ldquo;strengthens technological exchange, develops industrial potential, and enhances our security as partners united by democratic values,&rdquo;<\/em> Taiwan&rsquo;s diplomatic office in Poland said on X.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1399\" data-end=\"1759\">Beijing considers all diplomatic ties with the self-governing island a violation of its sovereignty and has opposed any military aid to Taipei.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1399\" data-end=\"1759\">While Beijing has avoided criticizing Moscow over the Ukraine conflict, Taipei has openly expressed support for Kiev. Last month, a group of Ukrainian legislators visited the island and met with Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Lviv-based tech hub has signed a partnership with the island\u2019s top UAV maker A Ukrainian tech hub has signed a deal with a Taiwanese defense company to design and build combat drones, according to an announcement on Wednesday. Poland will also provide expertise. The move was announced at the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/04\/ukraine-to-help-taiwan-build-combat-drones\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":714,"href":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions\/714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}