Ukraine’s Strategic Industries Minister Herman Smetanin met with India’s Ambassador to Ukraine Ravi Shankar on Oct. 26 to discuss strengthening defense industry cooperation between Kyiv and New Delhi, the Strategic Industries Ministry announced. “Ukraine is open to expanding the scope of partnerships in the defense sector, and we are ready to consider various forms of collaboration,” Smetanin said in a statement released by the Strategic Industries Ministry. “It is important to assess the capabilities and needs of both our countries’ defense industries, to identify challenges, and to determine…