The second year of the war has come to an end, and here is what we have. The winter offensive of the Russian army in the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions has failed, writes Bild. “Apart from the deaths of thousands of their soldiers and the loss of more than 400 armored v... #RussianlossesWar #SupportUkraine #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Who is arming Ukraine, and what weapons does Russia expect? The Czech company Isolit-Bravo will provide the Ukraine’s military with UGV Trail-Blazer ground drones, which can transport cargo or evacuate the wounded. Ukraine began producing an armored automated ... #IranHelpsRussia #IranianWeapons #NASAMS #ShahedDrones #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The US and the EU seek to arm Kyiv better, and Estonia will spend 0.25% of its GDP on military aid for Ukraine for four years. White House representatives met with technology and defense industry leaders to discuss support for Ukraine’s access to advanced American military technologies. The US President’s National... #JakeSullivan #MilitaryAidforUkraine #OlafScholz #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The frozen assets belonging to the Russian Federation will cover 80% of Ukraine’s reconstruction needs. Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba said that Ukraine will definitely receive money for post-war reconstruction from frozen Russian Federation assets. The minister hopes these funds will arrive ... #DmytroKuleba #EnvironmentalDamage #ReparationsForUkraine #RussianAssetsConfiscation #UkraineReconstruction #UkraineWarDamages
A German arms company will open a repair plant in Ukraine, and Sweden allocates $5M to the NATO fund for Ukraine. German MP Marcus Faber said that German defense company Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft (FFG) has started constructing a service center for armored vehicles in Ukraine. According to him, deployin... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #FFG #GermanyMilitaryAid #MarcusFaber #WarinUkraine
Germany hands over Skynex, Marder, and shells, and Ukraine will scale up its production of anti-drone systems. Last week, Germany handed over another package of military aid, including a Skynex air defense system with ammunition, missiles for the IRIS-T SLM air defense system, ammunition for Leopard 2 A6 tanks... #AntiDroneSystems #DefenseIndustryUkraine #GermanyMilitaryAid #Marder #MykhailoFedorov #Skynex
The Bundestag calls for the transfer of long-range missiles to Ukraine and the authorization of strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation. Greens defense spokeswoman Sara Nanni said, “The most effective defense against Russian airstrikes is to fire at targets in Russian territory and in the occupied territories in eastern Ukraine, ... #LongRangeMissiles #RoderichKiesewetter #SaraNanni #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The US has named the priority weapon for future aid to Ukraine and plans to focus on developing the Ukrainian defense industry. The representative of the National Security Council of the White House, John Kirby, called the strengthening of Ukraine’s air defense a priority in the future military aid that Washington is rea... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #JohnKirby #MatthewMiller #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
Ukraine has significantly reduced the need for external financing and plans to increase its weapon production. Ukraine’s foreign funding needs in 2024 will amount to more than $37B, said Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal. According to him, in 2023 Ukraine attracted $42.6B in external financing, 27%... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DenysShmyhal #financialaidforUkraine #UkraineBudget2024 #WeaponsProduction
France considers the transfer of weapons production to Ukraine a priority task. French Ambassador to Ukraine, Gaël Veyssière, stated: “French support to Ukraine will gradually change its character, as the goal is to produce more weapons in Ukraine, not just donations or pur... #EmmanuelMacron #FranceAId #GaëlVeyssière #WeaponsforUkraine #WeaponsProduction #Zelenskyy
Russia launched almost 300 rockets and more than 200 Shahed drones into Ukraine in the last four days, said Volodymyr Zelenskyy. On January 2, Russian forces launched almost a hundred rockets of various types during their attack. The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, reported that the Russians ... #DroneAttackOnUkraine #MissileAttackOnUkraine #RussianAgression #ValeryZaluzhny #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Ukraine expects decisive actions from the West in response to Russian missile terrorism. After the massive Russian missile attack on January 2, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said: “Putin is intensifying terror against Ukraine. It was the second massive missile strike in just four d... #BridgetBrink #DmytroKuleba #MissileAttackOnUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Europe seeks to increase military aid to Ukraine to minimize the risks from a decrease in US military support. The UK and other European countries want to help Ukraine and ensure that Kyiv can win its war with Russia without US support if Donald Trump comes to power and refuses to support Ukraine. According to... #MilitaryAidforUkraine #RussianAgression #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
This year’s latest arms package, worth $250M, and the confiscation of $300B in frozen Russian assets: this is how the US is supporting Ukraine on New Year’s Eve. The package includes ammunition for NASAMS and HIMARS systems, Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, 155 mm and 105 mm artillery shells, TOW anti-tank missiles, and Javelin and AT-4 anti-tank systems. The p... #HimarsForUkraine #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NASAMS #RussianAssetsConfiscation #SupportUkraine #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine
Opinions: What does the West expect from Ukraine’s war against the Russian Federation in 2024? Russia’s war against Ukraine will be exhausting and positional, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda believes. He admitted that Ukraine’s partners expect the counteroffensive mounted by the nati... #GitanasNauseda #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SupportUkraine #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine
The Ukrainian military-industrial complex can increase production by 500% in 2024. Ukrainian defense enterprises increased output by 200% in 2023, and in 2024, there is a potential to increase it by another 500%, said Oleksandr Kamyshin, Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine. ... #AlexanderKamyshin #DefenseIndustryUkraine #UkraineMilitaryIndustry #WeaponsProduction
Germany sets a record for arms exports, and Ukraine becomes a leader among buyers. Germany exported arms worth a record €11.71B in 2023, and the previous record, €9.35B, was recorded in 2021. Compared to 2022, export growth was 40%, where one-third of exports, or €4.15B, was shipped... #GermanWeapons #WeaponsExport #WeaponsProduction
Ukraine destroyed a large amphibious ship worth $85M, and now Russia has lost 20% of its fleet in four months. On the night of December 26, tactical aircraft belonging to the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed a large landing ship, the Novocherkask, that was part of the Black Sea Fleet of the Ru... #GrantShapps #Novocherkask #RussiaBlackSeaFleet #RussianMilitaryShips #WarinUkraine #YuriyIgnat
Western media assumes that Putin is “signaling” readiness for “peaceful” negotiations, but the EU and NATO state his only goal is victory. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg believes that, despite its great efforts, Russia will not be able to achieve its goals in Ukraine. With its full-scale invasion, Russia aimed to prevent Ukraine... #JensStoltenberg #JosepBorrell #NATOUkraine #Putin #RussainAgressor #WarinUkraine
Eighteen F-16s from the Netherlands and three Gepards from Germany will soon arrive, what else will Ukraine receive this year? The Dutch government will prepare 18 F-16 fighter jets for transfer to Ukraine, but first, it is necessary to prepare permits from the US for export and to fulfill several other criteria, such as pers... #AmmunitionForUkraine #F16 #Gepard #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WarinUkraine
Ukraine will produce Western IFVs and Russia disrupts a purchase contract for fighter jets. The largest private Ukrainian arms producer is working on manufacturing components and assembling the Spanish-Austrian ASCOD IFV under license, said Vladyslav Belbas, director of Ukrainian Armored Veh... #ASCOD #DefenseIndustryUkraine #IFVpruduction #VladyslavBelbas
The US is preparing its last military aid package, while Italy extends its support through 2024. The White House is preparing the last military aid package for Ukraine, to be delivered at the end of the year. After that, the White House will have no funds for additional aid and will have to wait ... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #MilitaryAidforUkraine #PatriotSystems #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
Lithuania delivers Ukraine a new defense aid package, and Switzerland eases requirements for arms exports. On December 20, Ukraine received another package of military aid from Lithuania. It contains necessary field equipment and thousands of dry rations for the Armed Forces. In 2023, Lithuanian instructor... #Lithuania #MilitaryAidforUkraine #ReExportWeapons #SupportUkraine #SwissWeapons #trainingforUAF
Europe is considering the consequences of untimely aid to Ukraine. Due to problems with allocating aid to Kyiv, European officials are considering the implications of a possible Russian victory in Ukraine, writes Bloomberg. Beyond the potentially catastrophic consequ... #JoeBiden #LeoVaradkar #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NATO #RussianAgression #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
While the partners are discussing support for the Ukrainian Navy and cyber security, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have scaled back several operations due to a lack of weapons. The Armed Forces of Ukraine decided to reduce military operations due to a shortage of artillery shells against the background of a decrease in aid from Western allies. Ammunition problems, especially... #MilitaryAidforUkraine #RecordedFuture #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The Pentagon warns Congress of the danger of failing to agree on funding for Ukraine by December 30. The US Department of Defense is spending its last $1.07B on purchasing new weapons and equipment to replace those removed from stockpiles and sent to Ukraine. On December 30, this account will be empt... #JoeBiden #MichaelMcCord #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Pentagon #USaidforUkraine #UScongress
Ukraine priotitizes restoring shipping in the Black Sea to pre-war levels and asks for new air defense systems to increase its exports. Ukraine’s Black Sea grain corridor is performing better than expected, but stronger air defenses are needed to quicken ship loading and improve port protection, said Infrastructure Minister Olek... #agroexportukraine #AirDefenseSystems #GrainCorridors #OleksandrKubrakov #PortInfrastructureUkraine
Sweden and Denmark will transfer $263.6M worth of CV90 IFVs to Ukraine. On December 18, the defense ministers of Sweden and Denmark signed a joint declaration on transferring CV90 infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine. Initially, Denmark will provide DKK 1.8B ($263.6M), a... #AeroDrone #Babcock #CV90IFV #MilitaryAidforUkraine
Russia plans to wage war until 2026; without the support of the West, the Russian Federation will conquer all of Ukraine and open military bases near NATO countries. The information published by Bild concerning Russia’s plans to occupy new Ukrainian territories during 2024-2026 corresponds with other data that has been received, the Institute for the Study o... #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Putin #RussianAgression #RussianOccupation #WarinUkraine
The EU supports an increase in the financing of the arms fund for Ukraine but has not yet agreed on the amount. The leaders of the EU states support an increase in financing for the European Peace Fund (EPF), which allocates funds to purchase weapons for Ukraine. The European Council also emphasized the urgent ... #EuropeanPeaceFund #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Germany hands over the second Patriot missile system and is buying €258M worth of ammunition; what other weapons did Ukraine get? The second Patriot air defense system with spare parts and missiles from Germany was delivered to Ukraine. Also in the assistance package are all-terrain vehicles, Bandvagn 206 (BV206) military vehicl... #AmmunitionForUkraine #LeopardBattleTanks #MilitaryAidforUkraine #PatriotSystems #WeaponsforUkraine
US intelligence has declassified data on Russian losses near Avdiivka to influence the Ukrainian aid decision. The US released its intelligence data on Russian losses near Avdiivka since October, when Moscow began an active offensive in the area. Since then, more than 13,000 Russian soldiers have been killed o... #Avdiivka #RussianLosses #USdefenseBudget #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine
The EU will send ammunition by the end of the year, and the US has $1B left for Ukraine. By the end of the year, the EU will provide Ukraine with half a million rounds of ammunition, and in 2024 it will deliver the promised million shells, a high-ranking European official told journalists... #AmmunitionForUkraine #KarineJeanPierre #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The US will send $200M in air defenses, the Czech Republic licenses €4.7B in military exports to Ukraine, Latvia will help with the drone coalition, and Scholz promises a Patriot system by the end of the year. AIM-9M air defense missiles, air defense system components, and additional ammunition for HIMARS will be included in the US’ $200M package of military aid for Ukraine. In addition, the package w... #HimarsForUkraine #Javelin #MilitaryAidforUkraine #PatriotSystems #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The US tries to persuade Ukraine to negotiate with Russia. According to the NYT, some US military officials are proposing a new strategy for Ukraine: focus on holding onto the territories it controls and developing its weapon-producing capabilities through 20... #NATOUkraine #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
The US is preparing a defense package for delivery to Ukraine by the end of the year, Germany is doubling its aid budget, and Finland is ramping up ammunition production. Washington will provide another package of military aid to Kyiv by the end of December, said John Kirby, US National Security Council representative. At the same time, Germany confirmed that it will d... #AnttiHäkkanen #ASAP #JohnKirby #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukraine will produce 155-mm projectiles jointly with two American companies, and the US will transfer all Vampire complexes and APKWS systems. Ukraine has agreed with two leading American companies on the joint production of 155 mm ammunition, said Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine Oleksandr Kamyshin. According to him, developing p... #AlexanderKamyshin #AmmunitionFactory #APKWS #DefenseIndustryUkraine #Vampire #WeaponsProduction
The UK and Norway will lead a sea coalition to help Ukraine. The new association of countries will supply ships and other means of transport to Ukrainian defenders for conducting combat operations at sea, the British Ministry of Defense reported. The maritime c... #MilitaryAidforUkraine #MilitaryShipsUkraine #SeaCoalition #UkrainianNavy
Western analysts predict a long war in Ukraine, but the US plans to persuade Russia to negotiate with Ukraine by the end of 2024. As the WSJ notes, Ukraine is shifting to strategic defense after failing to liberate large swathes of territory in its 2023 summer offensive. At the same time, economic and military support from the U... #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SupportUkraine #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine
What “Christmas presents” have Ukraine’s partners prepared for the Russian aggressor? Germany has allocated another package of military aid for Ukraine, which includes 250 rounds of 155-mm artillery ammunition, a LUNA NG reconnaissance complex, 10 VECTOR reconnaissance drones, cars, tr... #Bushmaster #F16 #LunaNG #MilitaryAidforUkraine #VectorDrones #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Aid to Ukraine from international partners has reached a two-year low. According to Ukraine Support Tracker analysts, assistance from allies and international partners for Ukraine fell to the lowest level since January 2022. From the end of summer to the end of autumn of... #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Ukraine presents the US with its latest weapons request, including F-18 fighter jets, as well as Apache and Blackhawk helicopters. At a closed meeting in Washington, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine presented the US with a list of necessary weapons, which includes F-18 fighters. The latest air defense systems, such as THAAD, Ap... #Apache #ATACMS #Blackhawk #F16 #F18 #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Zelenskyy
Biden calls the failure to provide aid to Ukraine the “greatest gift“ for Russia. A bill under consideration in the US Senate, which would allocate $110B for assistance to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and other purposes, did not pass a procedural vote in the US Senate. “Tonight i... #ChuckSchumer #JoeBiden #USaidforUkraine #UScongress #USmilitaryAid
The EU plans to control all arms supplies to Ukraine while simultaneously working to increase military aid. The European Union intends to strengthen control over the supply of weapons to Ukraine by creating a pan-European defense market. In particular, the European Commission is developing the European Defe... #EUdefense #EuropeanDefenseFund #MilitaryAidAudit #MilitaryAidforUkraine
Through joint procurement, the EU has supplied Ukraine with only 60,000 shells. In March 2023, the EU developed a plan to provide Ukraine with one million artillery shells, one of the key weapons in the Russian-Ukrainian war. The plan consists of three parts: supplies from the st... #AmmunitionForUkraine #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukrainians cite war, corruption, and housing destruction as their most significant problems and are wary of corruption in future reconstruction. Most Ukrainians currently consider the three main problems to be the war (96%), corruption (88%), and the destruction of infrastructure and housing (82%). In November, compared to March, fears of war ... #CorruptionUkraine #SociologicalSurvey #UkraineWarDamages
Ukraine starts joint production of armored vehicles with Rheinmetall, but Germany could not keep up with weapon production, so Azerbaijan and South Korea tried to help. Ukraine and German arms concern Rheinmetall will soon launch the production of armored vehicles on Ukraine’s territory, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced. He noted that Rheinmetall already ... #AmmunitionForUkraine #BorisPistorius #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DenysShmyhal #WeaponsProduction
Finland will produce artillery shells for Ukraine, which is also increasing its weapon production. Finland plans to start production of artillery ammunition for Ukraine soon, Finnish Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen said. He clarified that the decision on the start of production will probably be mad... #AlexanderKamyshin #AmmunitionForUkraine #DefenseIndustryUkraine #WeaponsProduction
The UK has given Ukraine advanced missiles to counter the Shahed, and Germany is preparing to hand over unique RCH-155 guns in 2024. The UK will hand over to Ukraine the latest Martlet multi-purpose guided missiles that are effective against Shahed kamikaze drones. However, there is still no official information about the transfer ... #Martlet #MilitaryAidforUkraine #RCH155 #WeaponsforUkraine
Zelenskyy believes that the counteroffensive did not have its expected success because of a lack of weapons. In an interview with the AP, the president noted that Ukraine did not receive all the necessary and promised weapons from its allies. However, according to the president, there have been positive resu... #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
