Taiwan is positioning itself as Ukraine's alternative to Chinese drone parts, a positive for Taiwan's fast-growing drone industry and for Ukraine's push to cut its dependence on Beijing.

• Taiwan's drone exports grew 55-fold in the past year, with Poland and the Czech Republic as the biggest buyers, and those parts are not necessarily staying in those countries.
• Many Ukrainian contacts are approaching Taiwan for parts, after a German lawmaker said Ukraine has been forced out of desperation to buy drone components from China.
• Taiwan says it can now build drones with 100% Taiwanese-made parts, giving it an edge as a "non-red" supply chain free of Chinese components.
• Sending Taiwanese personnel to Ukraine is hard because of visa and diplomatic limits, so the plan is to bring Ukrainians to Taiwan instead.
• The European Parliament just passed resolutions praising Taiwan's civil defense and anti-disinformation work, and foreign observers turned out in record numbers for Taiwan's recent military and urban resilience drills.

Outlook: Taiwan wants a supplemental budget and a special drone law passed to cover three drone types the military urgently needs, while deeper cooperation with Ukraine is expected to grow through private and industry channels.