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
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
The US has reached an agreement to finance the government, and next comes aid to Ukraine. The FT writes that the US House of Representatives has approved a new bill that President Joe Biden signed to extend the government’s temporary funding until March and avoid a shutdown. Congress... #JoeBiden #RussianAgression #SupportUkraine #UScongress #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine
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
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
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
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
The European Parliament proposes fixing a GDP share for aid to Ukraine. Assistance to Ukraine will be more effective if EU countries fulfill their promises without delay. According to a European Parliament discussion, determining a fixed share of GDP to define the amount ... #AndriusKubilius #EuropeanParliament #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #SvenMikser #WarinUkraine
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
Zelenskyy has appealed to the Baltic countries for help: Estonia will provide €1.2B in support for Ukraine. The Russian dictator Putin wants to destroy Ukraine, and after that, other countries bordering the Russian Federation may become targets of his aggression, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in Vilniu... #AlarKaris #BalticCountries #RussianAgression #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
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
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
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
The NBU has summarized the war’s consequences for the Ukrainian economy. The full-scale invasion by the Russian Federation has caused a 30% loss of Ukraine’s GDP. Also, the forced exodus of Ukrainians in 2022 caused an increase in inflation, said the head of the Nati... #AndriiPyshnyi #GDPinUkraine #nbu #UkraineEconomy #WarinUkraine
The White House emphasises the critical need to approve aid to Ukraine and the ineffectiveness of alternative funding options. Time is running out for lawmakers to provide additional US aid to Ukraine. The issue has been stuck in Congress because it has been tied to immigration talks, where no agreement has yet been reached, ... #ShalandaYoung #USaidforUkraine #USbudget #USsupportsUkraine #WarinUkraine
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
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
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
The European Union should use a €80B rescue fund to help Ukraine. According to Bloomberg, the EU should access a little-used €80B rescue fund to support Ukraine’s war against Russia as the flow of money from both sides of the Atlantic threatens to dry up, according ... #OlliRehn #SupportUkraine #UkraineFacility #WarinUkraine
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
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a year-end press conference in Kyiv. We summarize President Zelenskyy’s press conference: “I need more arguments”: Zelenskyy’s request for additional evidence to justify the military’s insistence on the additional mobi... #DiiaSummitkyiv #ValeryZaluzhny #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
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 US continues to discuss aid for Ukraine, and expectations are mixed. Representatives from both parties in the US Congress expressed positive expectations regarding negotiations on migration reform, a prerequisite for approving aid to Ukraine and Israel. However, lawmak... #JoeManchin #LindseyGraham #MilitaryAidforUkraine #USaidforUkraine #UScongress #WarinUkraine
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
This week, the US Senate will consider a bill to aid to Ukraine. The leader of the Democratic majority in the US Senate, Chuck Schumer, announced that the vote on the budget request from the Biden administration, which includes $60B in spending items related to sup... #ChuckSchumer #financialaidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #USMexicoBorder #USsenate #WarinUkraine
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
Fitch has confirmed Ukraine’s likely default and improved Ukraine’s GDP growth forecast to 5.1% this year. International rating agency, Fitch Ratings, has confirmed Ukraine’s long-term issuer default rating (EDR) in foreign currency at the CC level. Fitch expects the war to continue through 2024. At ... #defaultinukraine #FitchRatings #GDPinUkraine #UkraineEconomicForecast #UkraineEconomy #WarinUkraine
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
