The US has provided a $100M military aid package with HIMARS, while Germany surprises Kyiv with a big €1.3B package with IRIS-T systems. The new package of US defense assistance includes an additional HIMARS system, Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and TOW, Javelins, AT-4 anti-tank systems, and artillery shells of various calibers. In ad... #BorisPistorius #HimarsForUkraine #IRISTdefensesystem #Javelin #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Borrell denies the failure of the EU’s plan for a million shells supplied to Ukraine and calls on manufacturers to reorient exports. The EU has not given up on the goal of supplying Ukraine with one million rounds of artillery ammunition by March 2024, said the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell. The EU completed the first part of... #AmmunitionForUkraine #DmytroKuleba #JosepBorrell #WeaponsforUkraine
A French company will supply arms worth €36M to Ukraine, and Slovakia has promised not to block private arms exports to Ukraine. Ukrspecexport and French company Verney-Carron signed a contract to supply small arms and grenade launchers. Verney-Carron will deliver 10,000 assault and 2,000 sniper rifles, and 400 grenade launcher... #AmmunitionForUkraine #MilitaryAidforUkraine #RobertFico #VerneyCarron #WeaponsforUkraine
The US provides $425M in military aid, but further packages will be reduced due to lacking funds. The new package includes about $300M worth of laser-guided munitions to destroy Russian drones. They will be transferred through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which provides for the purc... #HimarsForUkraine #KarineJeanPierre #NASAMS #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukraine’s allies continue their military support: $522M from Denmark, air defense systems from Germany, and reconnaissance drones from Slovenia. The Danish government has sent Ukraine a new military aid package worth $522M, including armored vehicles, drones, artillery shells, as well as T-72EA and BMP-2 tanks. The Armed Forces will receive fi... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine #WeaponsProduction
The EU plan to produce 1 million shells for Ukraine may fall short. The EU is falling behind in its pledge to deliver a million artillery shells to Ukraine by March, potentially giving Russian forces an advantage, Bloomberg writes. At the beginning of the year, the EU... #AmmunitionForUkraine #GabrieliusLandsbergis #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukraine’s allies are helping to fundamentally change the situation at the front; another aid package is received. After the Western partners provided military aid packages to Ukraine, a large amount of weapons and military equipment appeared in the ranks of the Armed Forces, which has radically changed the situat... #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SerhiyNaev #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The US is considering combining requests from Israel and Ukraine into one aid package. The White House is considering joining Ukraine’s funding to the request for urgent assistance for Israel, the WP reports. The publication writes, “This will increase the likelihood that Co... #AmmunitionForUkraine #IsraelWar #USmilitaryAid #USweapons #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The European Commission will present the EU defense industry’s strategy; Germany and Denmark are increasing ammunition production for Ukraine. The European Commission will propose a strategy for the EU’s defense industry in the coming weeks, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said before the start of an informal meeting... #AmmunitionForUkraine #EUdefense #GranadaSummit #Rheinmetall #UrsulavonderLeyen #WeaponsforUkraine
More military support for Ukraine: new packages from the US and Germany, $14M for ammunition from Denmark, and the first Leopard is repaired by Poland. The White House has announced an upcoming US aid package to Ukraine, and Finland is also working on a new tranche of support. As part of the new package, Germany handed over to Ukraine 14 Bandvagn 206... #Bandvagn #LeopardBattleTanks #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Slinger #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
During a visit to Kyiv, Stoltenberg promised Ukraine additional air defense systems. The Secretary General of NATO promised to help Ukraine with the supply of additional air defense systems to close Ukrainian skies from Russian attacks on critical infrastructure, said President Zelens... #AirDefenseSystems #AmmunitionForUkraine #JensStoltenberg #WeaponsforUkraine #Zelenskyy
Germany might provide Ukraine with Taurus rockets after the US sends ATACMS, and Britain promises to train 30,000 Ukrainian fighters by the end of the year. As BILD writes, the German government has been discussing the possibility of supplying Ukraine with long-range German Taurus cruise missiles for several months, and the US decision to send ATACMS miss... #ATACMS #GrantShapps #MilitaryAidforUkraine #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukraine will receive a small batch of long-range ATACMS missiles from the US, and the first batch of Abrams tanks will arrive this week. US President Joe Biden told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Washington would hand over a small number of long-range ATACMS missiles, according to US officials familiar with the nego... #ATACMS #JoeBiden #LongRangeMissiles #TanksAbrams #WeaponsforUkraine #Zelenskyy
The US announces a $325M security aid package for Ukraine, while Warsaw is winding down armed support for Kyiv. US President Joe Biden will announce a $325M military aid package to Ukraine during the visit of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Washington. The aid package will include a second tranche of cluster m... #ATACMS #HimarsForUkraine #PiotrMuller #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
New weapons and a coalition result from the 15th Ramstein. Germany will provide Ukraine with a new €400M military aid package. It will include high explosive ammunition, mortar rounds, rockets, armored vehicles, and demining systems. However, the provision of... #F16 #LeopardBattleTanks #LloydAustin #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Ramsteinmeeting #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukraine is closer to receiving ATACMS and Taurus long-range missiles. Thus, WSJ sources in the Biden administration reported that the possibility of providing a limited number of these weapons is being considered, which could reduce the Pentagon’s concerns about t... #ATACMS #LongRangeMissiles #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The US is preparing to provide Ukraine with long-range missiles loaded with cluster bombs. The Biden administration is close to approving the delivery of long-range missiles equipped with cluster bombs to Ukraine, which would allow Kyiv to inflict more significant damage deep into Russian-o... #ATACMS #ClusterBombs #GMLRS #Pentagon #WeaponsforUkraine
More military aid for Ukraine: ATACMS, a $600M package from the US, 1.5 million rounds of ammunitions from Lithuania, and the first 10 Leopard 1 tanks. The US administration is preparing to transfer ATACMS long-range missile systems with a range of more than 300 km to Ukraine, reported ABC News. The new US arms package worth $600M includes equipment ... #ATACMS #LeopardBattleTanks #MilitaryAidforUkraine #TanksAbrams #WeaponsforUkraine
Europe, ahead of the US, doubles the aid promised to Ukraine. By July 31, the total amount of assistance provided and pledged by European donors had increased to €156B, compared to about €70B from the US, according to a Kiel Institute of the World Economy study.... #EUprogramForUkraine #EUsupportforUkraine #financialaidforUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The US has provided Ukraine with a $175M security aid package with depleted uranium projectiles and is preparing to hand over a supply of cluster munitions. The package includes air defense equipment, ammunition for HIMARS, artillery shells, mortar systems, TOW missiles, Javelin and AT-4 anti-tank systems, and depleted uranium shells for Abrams tanks, the... #ClusterBombs #DepletedUraniumShells #UkraineCounteroffensive #USmilitaryAid #WeaponsforUkraine
The European Defense Agency has signed the first contracts to purchase ammunition for Ukraine, and the EU plans to double the production of artillery shells. According to the European Defense Agency (EDA), eight signed contracts are for joint ammunition procurement. “We now offer member states viable opportunities to place orders within the industry ... #AmmunitionForUkraine #EDA #HannoPevkur #JiříShedivi #WeaponsforUkraine
Germany has delivered Ukraine the first batch of new Gepard ammunition, and Belgium bought Sea Sparrow missiles. Ammunition for anti-aircraft self-propelled artillery installations was produced on a new production line of the Rheinmetall company, the German Ministry of Defense reported. “The war in Ukraine... #AmmunitionForUkraine #BorisPistorius #Gepard #SeaSparrowMissiles #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The first 10 Abrams tanks will arrive in Ukraine in two weeks, and the US will send depleted uranium ammunition and sign a contract to supply AMRAAM missiles. According to the current plan, Ukraine will receive the first 10 of the promised 31 Abrams tanks in mid-September, reported Politico. Ten 70-ton tanks are in Germany in the final stages of repair, and... #AMRAAMmissiles #DepletedUraniumShells #TanksAbrams #USmilitaryAid #WeaponsforUkraine
Finland is preparing regular aid packages for Ukraine with heavy weapons and a national reconstruction assistance plan. The seventeenth aid package’s preparation is in progress. By the eighteenth, heavy weapons and ammunition will be included, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said at a joint press conference with Pres... #DenysShmyhal #FinlandaidforUkraine #PetteriOrpo #WeaponsforUkraine #Zelenskyy
Berlin is working on transferring Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, and Estonia is providing small arms. The German chancellor’s office is coordinating with the US on the missile transfer issue. According to T-online, the German Air Force has already approved the transfer of the missiles, which hav... #LongRangeMissiles #MilitaryAidforUkraine #TaurusMissile #WeaponsforUkraine
The EU’s plan to expand the production of ammunition and missiles has come into effect. The Act to Support Ammunition Production (ASAP), legislation developed in the EU to increase ammunition and missile production, became effective on Monday, 23 July. ASAP is designed to increase the EU... #ASAP #EUmilitaryAid #WeaponsforUkraine #WeaponsProduction
The EU launches another €20B special fund for Ukraine. The EU is working on creating a special fund to help the Ukrainian army over the next four years, worth up to €20B, reported Politico. This proposal would not involve direct payments to the EU for arm... #EUsupportforUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The United States will provide Ukraine with a new $1.3B military aid package. According to a US official, the weapons package includes anti-aircraft defense systems, anti-drone systems, attack drones, and ammunition, reported Reuters. The US is using funds under the Ukraine Sec... #USAI #USmilitaryairforUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Exports of Bulgarian weapons have increased by 200% due to help for Ukraine. It is noted that last year the export of weapons amounted to €1.7B, which is equal to 2% of the country’s GDP. According to the Minister of Economy, Bohdan Bohdanov, the Bulgarian defense indust... #BohdanBohdanov #BulgariaMilitaryAid #RumenRadev #WeaponsforUkraine
Bulgaria provides Ukraine with an armored vehicle defense aid package. The largest one-time package of military assistance from Bulgaria includes 100 units of armored vehicles from the Bulgarian police force’s arsenal, mainly armored personnel carriers. The Bulgari... #BulgariaMilitaryAid #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Germany agreed to allocate a $770M weapons package to Ukraine. On Tuesday Germany pledged to send Ukraine a weapons and military package worth €700M ($769.9M), according to the Germany’s Ministry of Defense. In a statement, the country’s defense minis... #BorisPistorius #GermanyMilitaryAid #PatriotSystems #WeaponsforUkraine
The US may approve the transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine this week. According to CBS News, the US is already studying the possibility of fulfilling Ukraine’s long-standing request for cluster munitions to help meet the military’s high demand for ammunition... #ClusterBombs #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukraine has a high chance of receiving long-range ATACMS soon. The United States is close to making a decision whether or not to provide Ukraine with ATACMS, a long-range tactical missile system, reported the WSJ. However, according to European and US officials, ... #ATACMS #MilitaryAidforUkraine #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The EU has increased the upper weapon financing limit for Ukraine. The Council of the EU passed a decision to increase by €3.5B the upper limit of financing for the European Peace Fund, from which compensation is paid to countries for weapons transferred to Ukraine, ... #EuropeanPeaceFund #JosepBorrell #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Congress members have urged Biden to provide ATACMS to Ukraine. The US House Foreign Affairs Committee called on the Biden administration to immediately give Ukraine ATACMS missiles. The chairman of the committee, Republican congressman Michael McCaul, said in his... #ATACMS #LongRangeMissiles #MichaelMcCall #StormShadow #WeaponsforUkraine
Rheinmetall is waiting for several billion-dollar contracts to manufacture ammunition for Ukraine. According to the company’s general director, Armin Papperger, the contract will allow the German government to supply Ukraine with ammunition for Gepard anti-aircraft guns. The document will be ... #AmmunitionForUkraine #ArminPapperger #Rheinmetall #ThierryBreton #WeaponsforUkraine #WeaponsProduction
Denmark, with Norway’s support, will transfer thousands of artillery shells to Ukraine and agreed with the Netherlands to deliver 14 Leopard 2 tanks. The country’s Ministry of Defense said the package includes grenades, projectile charges, and gun tubes. “Ukrainians continue to feel a great and urgent need for ammunition to fight agains... #AmmunitionForUkraine #LeopardBattleTanks #MilitaryAidforUkraine #TroelsLundPoulsen #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Washington has softened its position on the provision of long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine. According to the Ambassador of Ukraine to the US, Oksana Markarova, Ukraine had previously heard only a definite “no” on this issue. Still, in May, the issue was discussed for the first ti... #ATACMS #LongRangeMissiles #MilitaryAidforUkraine #OksanaMarkarova #WeaponsforUkraine
Switzerland has banned the re-export of weapons to Ukraine. On June 1, the Swiss National Council rejected a draft law allowing third countries to transfer Swiss-made weapons to Ukraine, but discussions on this issue continue. The Military Materials Act prohib... #ReExportWeapons #SwissWeapons #SwitzerlandAndUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
NATO is considering security guarantees for Ukraine under the “Israeli scenario”. NATO member states are considering the possibility of providing Ukraine security guarantees that are similar to those available to Israel before Ukraine joins the Alliance, said Polish President Andrz... #AndrzejDuda #NATOUkraine #SecurityGuarantees #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Scholz feels that Ukraine will not join NATO in the foreseeable future but will receive Western weapons after the war. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke about the prospects of Ukraine’s membership in NATO in an interview with Welt. “In Bucharest in 2008, NATO adopted decisions that formulated a long-term... #OlafScholz #SecurityGuarantees #UkraineNATO #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The Pentagon is running out of money for weapons for Ukraine. Only about $6B remains in the $48B aid package for Ukraine that Congress approved in December. This means that US funding for weapons and supplies could end by mid-summer, writes Politico. As a result... #PentagonAid #UkraineCounteroffensive #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Hungary has blocked €500M from the European Peace Fund for weapons for Ukraine. This is the eighth tranche of EPF funds for armaments for Ukraine, the Italian publication ANSA reports. The funds were supposed to be paid on May 22, but Budapest allegedly demanded guarantees that t... #EuropeanPeaceFund #HungaryVeto #VictorOrban #WeaponsforUkraine
Germany will provide Ukraine with a record €2.7B in military aid. According to the German Ministry of Defense, this is the largest single package of weapons Germany has provided to strengthen the Ukrainian armed forces since the beginning of the war. The head of the... #BorisPistorius #GermanyMilitaryAid #LeopardBattleTanks #WeaponsforUkraine
The United States announced a new $1.2B security assistance package for Ukraine. The latest package includes 155 mm artillery rounds, additional air defense systems and munitions, drone ammunition, and equipment to help integrate Western air defense launchers, missiles, and radar ... #AmmunitionForUkraine #USmilitaryairforUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The supply of ammunition is being hampered by the dispute between Poland and France. In particular, the ambassadors of France and Poland could not resolve a dispute over who should receive joint EU contracts to purchase ammunition for Ukraine, reported Politico. Although EU leaders re... #AmmunitionForUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The European Commission will halve the common defense procurement fund for Ukraine. According to Euractiv, in July 2022 the EU executive proposed creating the EDIRPA initiative to stimulate urgent weapons purchases by EU member states to replenish their stocks and provide military su... #EDIRPA #EuropeanCommission #WeaponsforUkraine
Egypt has decided to arm Ukraine instead of the Russian Federation. As WP writes, Egypt has long-standing diplomatic and military relations with Russia, but for decades it has been the main ally of the US in the Middle East and receives more than $1B in military aid a... #AbdelFattahAlSisi #EgyptWeapons #WeaponsforUkraine
Brazil refuses to sell arms to Ukraine, hoping for peace talks. Ukraine wants to buy weapons from Brazil, but the Latin American country’s authorities refuse to sell and insist on peace negotiations. As the NYT writes, Brazil refused to transfer unused anti-... #ArmsOfBrazil #LulaDaSilva #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukraine became the second largest recipient of German weapons with €500M in the first quarter of 2023. According to Euractiv, Germany approved €2.4B in total arms exports in the first quarter of 2023. First place was taken by Hungary, which received military goods worth € 760M, and in second place was ... #GermanyMilitaryAid #GermanyWeapons #WeaponsforUkraine
