Danish and Ukrainian officials have marked the start of construction of a facility that will supply rocket fuel to Ukraine, believed to be the first such scheme in a NATO nation.

Russia has repeatedly targeted arms factories in Ukraine since it invaded in 2022, forcing the country to look abroad for secure locations to manufacture defence materials.

"We must help our Ukrainian friends in their fight for freedom. They need a safe place to establish production like the one they are setting up here," Danish Industry Minister Morten Bodskov told AFP late on Monday after putting the first symbolic shovel in the ground in the town of Vojens.

Danish officials said they could not confirm if the site -- due to start producing rocket and drone fuel in autumn 2026 -- was the first of its kind, as

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