Trade visitors walk past an advertisement for BAE Systems at Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, Britain, July 17, 2018. As the UK's biggest defence contractor, BAE has manufactured much of the equipment that Britain and other governments have provided to Ukraine as it fends off Russia's invasion. Britain is a key defence supplier for Ukraine and in May became the first country to start supplying Kyiv with long-range cruise missiles. BAE, which has benefited from increased defence spending as a result of the conflict, is already providing training and repair services to Ukraine's armed forces. Western defence companies have been weighing opportunities to make weapons in Ukraine against the possible security risks, Reuters reported in June.

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Persons: Toby Melville, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Charles Woodburn, Zelenskiy, BAE's Woodburn, Muvija, Sarah Young, Sachin Ravikumar, Frances Kerry Organizations: BAE Systems, REUTERS, BAE, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Farnborough, Britain, Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Sweden, Swedish