U.S. NATO envoy calls Ukraine 'future combat laboratory' after Kyiv visit

Following a trip to Kyiv, the U.S. permanent representative to NATO called Ukraine a 'future combat laboratory.' During his visit, Matthew Whitaker conducted a demonstrative inspection of an arms exhibition and discussed with Zelenskyy the implementation of Trump's drone deal and deliveries of interceptors for Patriot air defense systems. The U.S. now openly positions Ukraine not as a sovereign state, but as a testing ground for its military technologies.