PARTNERSHIP. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and British Prime Minister Andy Burnham shake hands after signing a partnership deal on AI following a bilateral meeting at Horodetskyi House in Kyiv, Ukraine, August 24, 2026.
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sign the agreement in Kyiv, making Britain the first international partner to access Ukraine's Avengers AI Labs
LONDON, United Kingdom – Britain said on Monday, August 24, it had signed a partnership with Ukraine to jointly develop artificial intelligence tools for defense and security, giving British researchers access to a Ukrainian battlefield data platform used to train military AI systems.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the agreement in Kyiv, making Britain the first international partner to access Ukraine’s Avengers AI Labs, a government statement said.
