The Netherlands has joined the Ukrainian coalition of drones and is prepared for an increase in its financial support, and Canada will allocate $60M to support the F-16 fleet. According to Reuters, the Dutch pledge comes in addition to the F-16 fighter jets, artillery, ammunition, and air defense systems that the Dutch have already provided to Kyiv. The head of the country&... #BillBlair #F16 #KyryloBudanov #LloydAustin #OleksandrSyrskyy #Ramstein
The head of the Munich Conference explains how to force Russia to stop the war. The head of the Munich Security Conference, Christoph Heusgen, believes that it is possible to start negotiations with the Kremlin only if there are serious security guarantees, the best of which woul... #ChristophHeusgen #MunichSecurityConference #PeaceInUkraine #UkraineNATO #WarinUkraine
Damage to Ukraine’s infrastructure from Russian aggression has reached $155B. The amount of direct damage caused to Ukraine’s infrastructure during the war reached $154.9B as of January. According to KSE analysis, the amount also considers the damage caused by the explosi... #KakhovkaHPP #RussainAgressor #UkraineWarDamages #WarinUkraine #WarLosses
Ukraine’s position at the front is deteriorating while the US delays funding. Due to a lack of Western aid, Ukraine will have to face a Russian army with fewer resources, which creates a risk of retreat, a senior NATO official told the FT. “For Ukrainians, this is a desperate s... #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NATO #OksanaMarkarova #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The EU and the US have given their assurance that their support for Ukraine will not change after Ukraine’s change in military leadership. The European Commission states that the European Union’s support for Ukraine will remain unchanged after the resignation of the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valery Zaluzhny,... #CelesteWallander #JohnKirby #OleksandrSyrskyy #ValeryZaluzhny #WarinUkraine
Another 10 million Ukrainian refugees will flee to Europe if Putin wins the war. The German government predicts that in the event of a victory by the Russian Federation in the war, the number of Ukrainian refugees will increase by 10 million, and Germany will be one of the most po... #JensStoltenberg #RefugeesFromUkraine #RussianAgression #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Ukraine calls on its partners to create new international cyber deterrence tools: What was discussed at the first annual international forum on cyber security in Kyiv? Only new international cyber deterrence solutions will strengthen threat resistance: Results from the Kyiv International Cyber Resilience Forum 2024. For two days, February 7-8, representatives of the... #Cyber #CyberSecurity #CyberUnit #CyberWar #GeorgeDybinksy #KaterynaChernogorenko #KyivCyberForum #MykhailoFedorov #YegorAushev
Washington is considering alternative methods to buy arms for Ukraine. The issue of aid to Ukraine is pending in the US Senate. Even if military assistance can be advanced, there are many reasons to doubt that the money will come, given the deep opposition from Republica... #RussianAssetsConfiscation #RussianCentralBank #SupportUkraine #USsenate #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukraine has increased its drone production by 900% in six months and is preparing to mass-produce analogs of Russian Lancets. Ukraine is actively increasing the production of drones, which find a wide range of applications – from replacing artillery shells, which are in short supply, to striking ships of the Russian Bl... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseTechnology #DroneProduction #UkrainianDrone
Rheinmetall has a two-year plan for the supply of weapons to Ukraine. Rheinmetall emphasizes that it is the only defense contractor capable of supplying the Ukrainian military with many new medium and large-caliber ammunition, including supplies for the Marder infantry ... #LeopardBattleTanks #Marder #Rheinmetall #Skynex #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukraine will help the EU develop a strategy for the European defense-industrial complex. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, reminded listeners that the EU countries have collectively transferred over €28B in military aid to Ukraine and helped train more than 4... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseProjects #EUdefense #UrsulavonderLeyen #WeaponsProduction
German opposition to the €5B reform of Ukraine’s military support fund risks delaying the supply of arms. As the FT writes, the European Peace Fund (EPF) needs additional funding so that countries can receive partial compensation for the costs of supplying weapons. However, the proposed €5B financing has ... #EuropeanPeaceFund #GermanDefense #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukrainian manufacturers have increased drone production 100 times. Today, the state can contract 67 variants of Ukrainian drones that have passed the admission procedures. In 2022, there were only seven of them. Currently, 200 companies related to the production of d... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DroneArmy #DroneProduction #UkrainianDrone
Military aid continues to flow to Ukraine: Javelins, anti-tank ammunition, training, and new commitments. Lithuania handed over to Ukraine detonation systems and thousands of rounds of ammunition for anti-tank grenade launchers. Estonia has followed suit, and is transferring Javelin anti-tank missiles, ma... #CRV7 #DmytroKuleba #Javelin #MélanieJoly #MilitaryAidforUkraine #USweaponsforUkraine
The EU will create a military aid fund for Ukraine in a few days, and Hungary has agreed to finance non-lethal defense aid. The EU plans to form a €5B military aid fund for Ukraine in 2024 as part of the European Peace Fund, EU High Representative Josep Borrell said. “We discussed the situation on the battlefield, th... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #EuropeanPeaceFund #JosepBorrell #MilitaryAidforUkraine #PeterSijarto #WarinUkraine
Ukraine is building its military power at the end of the war’s second year. Last year, Ukraine significantly scaled up its UAV production. Notably, 67 models of Ukrainian drones received codification, and 58 received a state contract. In total, more than 200 Ukrainian compani... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DroneProduction #QuantumSystems #VladyslavBelbas
GLSDBs from the US, 100 Soviet tanks, and Skynex from Germany: defensive support from Ukraine’s partners is gaining momentum. The Pentagon will transfer American high-precision ground-launched small-diameter bombs (GLSDB) to Ukraine, but the terms are not specified. The GLSDB will allow the Ukrainian military to hit targets ... #AmmunitionForUkraine #GLSDB #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Skynex #T72 #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukraine will receive €21B in military assistance from the EU this year. According to FT, European institutions and EU member states have pledged to provide at least €21B in military aid to Ukraine in 2024, said High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs... #JosepBorrell #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Germany provides new military aid, and the EU promises to provide Ukraine with shells. A new support package from Germany includes 24 armored personnel carriers, three minesweeping tanks, and more than 1,000 155mm artillery pieces. Moreover, four Bandvagn 206 (BV206) vehicles and a BIBE... #AmmunitionForUkraine #Bandvagn #HannoPevkur #JosepBorrell #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The heads of five EU states call on the allies to increase military support for Ukraine. The leaders of Germany, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Estonia, and the Netherlands wrote a joint letter of appeal to Ukraine’s allies and partners, urging them to strengthen their support for Kyi... #AmmunitionForUkraine #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The Netherlands has allocated €122M for defense, and Belgium will jointly produce weapons with Ukraine. Despite the delay in aid from the EU and the US, other partners will continue to support Ukraine’s military potential. Here are the latest commitments: The Netherlands provides €122M. €87M will ... #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NATO #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Rheinmetall will build a new defense plant in Germany, and a German company will donate 100 drones. The Rheinmetall concern will build a new factory in Germany to increase its ammunition production. The new production capacity is planned to be constructed in what would be a record short time, said t... #AmmunitionForUkraine #dronestoUkraine #QuantumSystems #Rheinmetall #TrinityDrones #WeaponsProduction
The US is changing its strategy to provide help to Ukraine. The strategic focus is defense instead of the liberation of Ukraine’s territory. As WP reports, Washington’s new strategy will not be designed to reclaim the occupied territories but on helping ... #RussianAgression #SupportUkraine #USaidforUkraine #VictoryStrategy #WarinUkraine
Germany is preparing a new support package, and the EU is getting closer to providing €5B in military aid to Ukraine. Ukraine’s partners continue to support its defense capability. Recent developments include: Within a few days, the EU may allocate an additional €5B from the European Peace Fund. Germany is prep... #EuropeanPeaceFund #IRISTdefensesystem #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Ramstein #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The US will provide Greece with $200M in aid in exchange for weapons for Ukraine. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sent a letter to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis with a proposal that Greece hands over or sells weapons to Ukraine in exchange for $200M in aid from Wash... #AnthonyBlinken #GreeceWeapons #KyriakosMitsotakis #MilitaryAidforUkraine #S300
Berlin and Kyiv are close to agreeing on security guarantees, and London has offered to exchange Storm Shadows for German Taurus cruise missiles. Germany and Ukraine are close to agreeing on security guarantees, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at a joint press conference with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Berlin. Meanwhile, the UK off... #Bundestag #OlafScholz #RobertFico #SecurityGuarantees #StormShadow #TaurusMissile
Ramstein meeting results in more weapons for Ukraine. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has promised to provide six Sea King Mk41 multirole helicopters with components and spare parts. Ukraine will receive 10 multi-functional inflatable vessels fro... #BorisPistorius #F16 #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Pentagon #Ramstein #SeaKingMk41
On January 23, Russia attacked several Ukrainian cities, killing 7 and injuring 77. Moscow launched rocket attacks on Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Pavlograd, targeting civilian infrastructure. Seven deaths and at least 77 injuries were reported in these cities. In particular, 22 victims were i... #Kharkiv #kyiv #MissileAttackOnUkraine #Pavlograd #RussianAgression #WarinUkraine
Ukrainian drones can interfere with Russian oil exports through the Baltic Sea. A new front has opened in Putin’s war against Ukraine, which emphasizes the vulnerability of oil exports from the Russian Federation’s western ports. New drone attacks are being performed on obj... #DroneAttacksOnRussia #Novatek #RussianOil #UkrainianDrone #WarinUkraine
Ignore the Headlines: Momentum is Moving in Ukraine’s Direction, not Russia’s For all the talk of the Kremlin’s rising confidence since late 2023, the reality is in fact far from encouraging for Russia. Rather oddly, a nation mired in a foreign war it cannot easily extricate it... #MarkMcNamee #Putin #PutinLosingWar #PutinWarinUkraine
The US held a Ramstein meeting for the first time without additional money for Ukraine. On January 23, allies held the 18th Ramstein meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine, conducted online. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called on global partners to strengthen Ukrainian a... #LloydAustin #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Ramstein #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Here are the new details of the €20B EU military aid fund for Ukraine. This week, EU diplomats will begin consideration of a new plan to hasten the supply of military aid to Ukraine. The plan envisages the creation of a dedicated fund, to which €6.5B will be directed fro... #EUdefense #EuropeanPeaceFund #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Ukraine is betting on joint weapons production in its territory, and the EU promises to produce 1.3 million shells by the end of the year. Ukraine is interested in creating joint production facilities with Western defense companies and its defense industry, said Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Ivan Gavryliuk. “Now our private... #AmmunitionForUkraine #DefenseIndustryUkraine #ThierryBreton #WeaponsProduction
Kyiv has changed its strategy and seeks to destroy Russian infrastructure. The Armed Forces are moving from the targeting of purely military targets in the occupied territories to the destruction of Russian infrastructure that serves both the civilian population and the mili... #DroneAttacksOnRussia #RussianInfrastructure #TambovGunpowderPlant #WarinUkraine
Taurus missiles would help protect civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, but Germany continues to stall. Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Ivan Gavryliuk said: “These missiles can hit otherwise inaccessible locations that contain enemy aircraft, missile complexes, and ammunition depots. It also... #GermanyMilitaryAid #JohannesArlt #TaurusMissile #WeaponsforUkraine
EU leaders in Davos say it is necessary to prepare for war with the Russian Federation. Latvian President Edgars Rinkevičs said at the summit in Davos that his country should work on the combat capability of its army and prepare for a hybrid war. “The defense industry should streng... #AndrzejDuda #Davos2024 #EdgarsRinkevics #RussianAgression #WarinUkraine
France is implementing a war economy regime to support Ukraine’s fight against Russian aggression. France will produce 78 Caesar self-propelled artillery systems, specifically for Ukraine, French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu said. He added that Ukraine purchased six of these insta... #AASMbombs #CaesarHowitzers #FranceAId #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SébastienLecornu
1,000 tanks and 400 HIMARS: How Ukraine’s partners help to win the war. In Davos, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis called on the allies to provide Ukraine with everything it needs to defeat the Russian Federation. He emphasized that if the West wants to ... #BattleTanks #GabrieliusLandsbergis #HimarsForUkraine #RadosławSikorski #tanksforUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Norway will allocate $95M to produce ammunition, including ammunition for Ukraine, and Estonia has found a way to gather at least €120B in aid. Norway will allocate two billion kroner ($190M) to increase ammunition production and develop the country’s defense industry potential. Half of this amount ($95M) will be received by Norwegian p... #AmmunitionForUkraine #BjornArildGram #KajaKallas #Nammo #UkraineFund #WeaponsforUkraine #WeaponsProduction
Germany will provide €7B in military aid, and France will transfer 40 SCALP missiles and agrees on security guarantees. US President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz held a phone conversation on January 16 to discuss further support for Ukraine. “Germany will provide more than €7B in military goods in ... #EmmanuelMacron #GermanyMilitaryAid #LongRangeMissiles #OlafScholz #SCALPmissiles #WarinUkraine
Germany announces more aid, Latvia forms a drone coalition, and Sweden is thinking about Gripen jets. New military assistance from Germany includes Leopard 1 tank ammunition, eight armored personnel carriers, 25 RQ-35 HEIDRUN reconnaissance drones, 50 SatCom communication terminals, eight Zetros truck... #AndrisSpruds #Davos2024 #GermanyMilitaryAid #GripenAircraft #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WarinUkraine
Germany has initiated an audit of EU military aid to Ukraine and is calling for increased support. The European External Action Service (EEAS) wants to audit EU countries’ arms supply to Ukraine so the results can be presented at the EU leader summit, the FT writes. The audit will be conducte... #EEAS #JosepBorrell #MilitaryAidAudit #MilitaryAidforUkraine #OlafScholz
Ukraine’s Peace Formula: What was agreed upon in Davos? The fourth round of discussions between national security advisers regarding peace in Ukraine, which took place on January 14 in Davos, ended without a clear plan. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of S... #Davos2024 #IgnazioCassis #RustemUmerov #UkrainianPeaceFormula #WarinUkraine
While Germany is preparing for war with Russia, Estonia is preparing Ukraine’s victory plan. Bild writes, with reference to a secret document, that the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces) is preparing for a hybrid Russian attack on NATO’s eastern flank in February this year. Escalation bet... #Bundeswehr #NATO #Ramsteinformat #RussainAgressor #WarinUkraine
Ukraine deprives the Russian Federation of its eyes in the sky and $530M. The Ukrainian Air Forces shot down two important Russian vessels – a long-range radar detection aircraft and an air control post. Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny confirmed this information. A... #IL-22 #RussianA50aircraft #RussianlossesWar #UkraineAircraft #WarinUkraine
France, Latvia, and Sweden are arming Ukraine, and Italy is calling for a transition to diplomacy. Paris is determined to work with Kyiv’s to strengthen Ukraine’s capabilities to produce weapons systems domestically, said French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne during his visit to Kyiv on J... #AmmunitionForUkraine #StephaneSejourne #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine #Zelenskyy
NATO predicts that Russia’s war against Ukraine will last at least two more years. Deputy Secretary General of NATO, Mircea Geoană, announced the Alliance’s expectations of a long-term conflict. He said this is indicated by the fact that neither side shows an ability to win a decisi... #MirceaGeoană #NATO #RussianlossesWar #WarinUkraine
90% of tanks and $25B from blocking sites: analysts have calculated Russia’s losses in Ukraine. During the 23 months of war in Ukraine, the Russian army has lost at least 2,619 tanks. Analysts say the Russian armed forces entered the war in February 2022 with 2,987 tanks. About 90% of the main b... #RussianlossesWar #RussianMilitary #RussiansLosses #Russianweapons #WarinUkraine
The European Commission proposes the creation of a €100B defense fund. European Commissioner for Internal Trade Thierry Breton called on EU member states to create a €100B defense fund and to increase arms production to match the output of the Russian Federation, writes ... #AmmunitionForUkraine #DefenseIndustryEU #EuropeanDefenseFund #ThierryBreton #WeaponsProduction
Ukraine must develop a realistic military strategy because this year will be a turning point in the war. Time published a list of global risks for 2024, which included a “divided Ukraine.” The Russian invasion of Ukraine remains a “historical failure,” the article says. “Thi... #NATO #RussianAgression #VictoryStrategy #WarinUkraine
