Link to article: https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/02/ukraine-will-help-gulf-states-shoot-down-irans-shaheds-if-their-leaders-push-putin-toward-a-ceasefire/
Ukrainian President Zelinsky has proposed a trade deal with the Gulf states, notebly, Qatar, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia. This deal includes Ukraine giving expertise and the systems necessary to defend from the Shahed drone bomb system of which Ukraine has intercepted 57,000+ times since 2022 making them the most experienced in defeating these drones. They want this in exchange for the Gulf states putting pressure on the Russians to create and maintain a month long ceasefire. This all comes following the retaliatory strikes from Iran onto US and western allied military and civilian sites in the nations listed above. The author does highlight how unlikely this is to work seeing as the US has been trying to broker a deal in Ukraine for months now, so there is no reason to assume that the Gulf states will have anymore success.
This action from Ukraine is most likely known to be doomed by the Ukrainian government. But also it is most likely put out there just to let it be know that the Ukraine will be willing to work with any state in order to create a ceasefire with the Russians. I think this is just political jargon from the Ukrainians to keep up their appearance as the state that wants peace but cannot have any due to the Russians fighting them. This proposed deal, in my mind, is more about the status quo and if I had to guess people would forget about it within the week. Even if the Gulf states agreed to this proposed deal, there is very little chance that these gulf states would have the economic power over Russia to make them back down for a month.
Ukraine is the first stakeholder, they will most likely try to find more ways to find peace with Russia, this war cannot go on forever especially after the Hungarians have blocked huge aid packages for Ukraine. They need time to regroup their economy and refit their military which at the moment is to costly. The Gulf States will most likely look for solutions for air defense, possibly American. But I doubt that they will be able to sway Russia so the Ukraine deal seems unlikely. Russia is the third, not to beat the dead horse, but if the US wasn’t able to get a peace deal moved along then I doubt the Gulf States will be able to.
I see concepts of rights and justice and and globalization in this situation. The Iranians are responsible for killing civilians in the Gulf states which has made them in need for air defense systems, this is the whole basis for the deal. In addition, globalization is what has made the deal even remotely possible. The Russians buy oil from the Gulf states due to the globalization of their economy.