Europe now sees Ukraine as a security asset rather than a liability, Hanna Notte, Eurasia Program Director at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, told the World News Tonight program on Wednesday. She described the deal as a “natural development” of recent events, specifically Kyiv concluding drone-based defense agreements with several individual EU member states. JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Notte went on to underscore Russia’s increasing frustration with European countries over their support for Ukraine, drawing attention to the Russian Foreign Ministry summoning the German ambassador earlier in the week. She said the EU deal contains a number of provisions Moscow will find “particularly undesirable,” such as drone cooperation being institutionally anchored within the bloc. “There’s the possibility that these drones could now be built and stored across EU territory,” she said. “That would also provide Ukraine with a certain haven for its production against possible Russian strikes.” But she conceded that the new partnership, coupled with other developments such as the anti-ballistic missile coalition recently unveiled, also exposes the rest of Europe to risk. “So far, Russia has not dared to take any military action against European defense production,” she said. “And it seems to be deterred, but I think we can talk more about hybrid Russian action... in response to these new arrangements.”