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Finnish President Alexander Stubb said Finland expects 90% of new drone output tied to the cooperation to go to Ukraine — most of it via state owned defence group Patria's new letter of intent with Ukraine's General Cherry drone brand — as three
Finnish President Alexander Stubb said in Kyiv on Sunday that Finland expects 90% of new drone production tied to a cooperation with Ukraine to flow to Ukraine, with the remaining 10% retained in Finland. Stubb framed the figure as a stated expectation rather than a signed production contract, and said the cooperation spans land, air, maritime, cyber and space capabilities.
The 90% claim anchored a three-document defence-industry cooperation signed during Stubb's visit around Ukraine's Independence Day. State-owned Finnish defence group Patria signed a letter of intent with General Cherry — the brand name of Ukraine's Center of Unmanned Technologies — covering drone production in Finland and joint unmanned systems for European defence customers. Patria is 50.1% owned by the Finnish state, with Norway's Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace holding the remaining shares. General Cherry builds FPV strike drones, fibre-optic-controlled drones, intercept drones and fixed-wing unmanned aircraft. Insta and Boomeranger signed the other two company-level documents, covering maritime unmanned systems and a production facility for unmanned ground robotic systems.
Nokia, ICEYE, Sensofusion and NestAI joined the wider Finnish business delegation, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told a defence industry roundtable that ties had moved from agreements to joint production. A broader government-level "Drone Deal" framework is close to completion but remains separate from the three company documents signed in Kyiv.