28 April 2024
- A former us Lt and military expert has warned that Russia will “win” the war and it is “almost impossible for Ukraine to win.” (source)
- Australia backs Ukraine with $100-mln military aid (source)
- Estonian Center for Defense Investments (RKIK) and the eState Academy will use European Peace Facility resources to procure various nonlethal military equipment for Moldovan armed forces. A contract for passive radars has been signed with a Czech company. (source)
27 April 2024
- The US will "rush" Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine as part of a military aid package, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said. (source)
- British and American defence pledges for Ukraine should inspire other countries to follow suit, Kaja Kallas, the prime minister of Estonia, has said. (source)
26 April 2024
- The Department of Defense (DoD) announced a historic new security assistance package valued at $6 bln. to address Ukraine's ongoing battlefield needs and demonstrate unwavering U.S. support for Ukraine. This package, provided through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) includes additional munitions for Patriot air defense systems; additional munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS); equipment to integrate Western air defense launchers, missiles, and radars with Ukraine's air defense systems; counter-UAS equipment and systems; munitions for laser-guided rocket systems; multi-mission radars; counter-artillery radars; additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS); 155mm and 152mm artillery rounds; precision aerial munitions; Switchblade and Puma Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS); tactical vehicles to tow weapons and equipment; demolition munitions; components to support Ukrainian production of UAS and other capabilities; small arms and additional small arms ammunition and ancillary items and support for training, maintenance, and sustainment activities. (source)
25 April 2024
- Poland has provided Ukraine military support worth the equivalent of around €8.4 billion ($9 billion) over the past two years, the government said on Thursday. A total of 44 armaments packages have been handed over to Kiev, said Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski during a keynote speech in the Polish parliament. Poland has provided Ukraine with 300 tanks and combat vehicles, 14 fighter planes, plus helicopters, air defence systems and ammunition, military experts say. (source)
24 April 2024
- The Department of Defense (DoD) announced a significant new security assistance to urgently meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This announcement is the Biden Administration's fifty-sixth tranche of equipment to be provided from DoD inventories to Ukraine since August 2021. This Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) package has an estimated value of $1 billion and includes air defense interceptors, artillery rounds, armored vehicles, and anti-tank weapons. (source)
- The German chancellor says Europe must continue to step up its help for Ukraine even after the approval of a big U.S. aid package. (source)
- Defense minister of Spain Margarita Robles has participated in Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting, where she announced that the shipment the day before yesterday has a set of hospital medicines and individual combat first aid kits. He also reported the delivery, a new consignment of heavy caliber artillery ammunition, followed by other shipments of 155 and 120 mm ammunition the next months. The minister has especially stopped at the Spanish contribution to anti-aircraft defense, announcing the dispatch of a long-range Patriot anti-aircraft interceptor missile set that will arrive at the logistics base within four days. In addition, the Spanish aid planned for the next two months includes light and heavy machine guns, wheeled protected logistics vehicles, infantry armored vehicles, tank weapons and field artillery shells. These shipments will be followed by the supply of various anti-aircraft surveillance systems and remote weapons stations for drone defense, systems that are being prepared by the Spanish defense industry. (source)
23 April 2024
- The UK will provide an additional £500m to Kyiv on top of the £2.5bn allocated for this financial year. (source)
20 April 2024
- The House is preparing in a rare Saturday session to approve $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies (source)
- The House has passed a $95 billion package providing foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific region. (source)
19 April 2024
- Nato will give Ukraine more advanced air defences after urgent Kyiv pleas and deadly Russian attacks, military bloc head Jens Stoltenberg has said. (source)
- The Netherlands is contributing more than €200 million to new initiatives for the rapid delivery of additional air defense and artillery ammunition for Ukraine. (source)
- The White House expects that the supply of American military aid will start "right away" after the supplementary funding is adopted by the US Congress. (source)
- On Friday, Minister of National Defense Laurynas Kasčiūnas participated remotely in the urgently convened meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council. "We are currently reviewing our priorities to contribute aerospace radar systems as soon as possible. Last week I visited Ukraine and I was convinced that the need for air defense systems and ammunition is extremely high," said L. Kasčiūnas at the meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council. (source)
- The Pentagon is preparing to quickly approve a weapons package for Ukraine that includes urgently needed artillery and air defenses as Congress lines up votes to pass additional funding for the country, according to two U.S. officials. (source)
- Activists in Slovakia who are unhappy that Robert Fico’s government has refused to send Ukraine military aid have raised almost €2 million to facilitate the supply of artillery ammunition to Kyiv. (source)
- CIA Director William Burns has issued a stark warning, asserting that Ukraine may face defeat in its war against Russia by the end of this year if the United States does not step up its military assistance. (source)
- Two alleged spies suspected of planning to sabotage military aid intended for Ukraine have been arrested. (source)
18 April 2024
- Vice president Mike Pence, calling on Congress to approve funding for Ukraine aid said that American troops will have no choice but to fight Russian invaders in Europe if Russian dictator Vladimir Putin defeats Ukraine. (source)
- Donald Trump said that Europe should give more money to Ukraine. (source)
17 April 2024
- After introducing a package of bills that includes military aid to Ukraine, Mike Johnson told reporters that enabling Ukraine to defend itself is in the best interests of America and the world. (source)
- In a new budget unveiled, Canada earmarks funds for Ukraine, aiming to ramp up military spending to 1.76% of GDP by 2030, CP24 reported. The budget allocates $1.6 billion over five years for military assistance to Ukraine. (source)
16 April 2024
- The Danish government has consulted the Foreign Policy Council on donation package XVII, which allocates 200 million DKK for investments in the Ukrainian defense industry. In addition, funds have been set aside for a significant maritime capacity, drones and the production of missile components. In total, approximately DKK 2.2 billion has been reserved. (source)
15 April 2024
- In the context of military assistance to Ukraine, Bulgaria plans to deploy an air defense system on its territory. This was stated by the newly appointed acting Minister of Defense of Bulgaria Atanas Zapryanov during the second Black Sea Security Conference of the International Crimean Platform in Sofia. (source)
13 April 2024
- Germany will deliver a United States-made Patriot air defence system and air defence missiles to Ukraine (source)
- The US and UK announced they had restricted trade of Russian-origin metals – including aluminium, copper and nickel – on global metal exchanges and in derivatives trading. (source)
- Germany agreed to send a Patriot air-defense system to Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday, but Berlin hasn't relented on its refusal to provide Kyiv with Taurus cruise missiles. (source)
12 April 2024
- China is helping Russia ramp up its defense industrial base at such a large scale that Moscow is now undertaking its most ambitious expansion in military manufacturing since the Soviet era as it continues its war against Ukraine, according to senior Biden administration officials. (source)
- Trump suggested Republicans push for making additional U.S. military aid to Ukraine "in the form of a loan rather than a gift." (source)
- French President Emmanuel Macron has discussed with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Europe's plans for military support to Ukraine. (source)
- Ukraine is only holding back a Russian breakthrough with drones paid for by volunteers, as Western arms supplies run out, one of Kyiv’s top military commanders has said. (source)
- Mark Rutte announced on his X account that 'the Netherlands will release an additional €1 billion for military support this year. This is on top of the €2 billion already agreed upon. It was also decided that we will make €3 billion available for military support for next year. We are also releasing €400 million to prop up the Ukrainian economy and for critical rehabilitation of energy infrastructure.' (source)
6 April 2024
- Lithuania continues to provide uninterrupted military support to Ukraine, with the delivery of M577 armoured personnel carriers to the Ukrainian Armed Forces on 5 April. (source)
5 April 2024
- Ukraine’s shortage of ammunition and military equipment resulting from the US and its allies’ struggle to resupply the country’s military is having an increasingly dire effect on the battlefield, US and NATO officials are warning (source)
- The Finnish Ministry of Defense announced a new military support package for Ukraine worth €188 million (source)
4 April 2024
- NATO is planning to massively expand its support for Ukraine. A plan by Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg includes an additional 100 billion euros in military aid to be coordinated by the Alliance — together with weapons delivery and military training. (source)
- Belgium's military aid to Ukraine since the start of the war has reached the €1 billion mark, according to Defence Minister Ludovine Dedonder. (source)
- Latvia prepares to send €1 mln worth of drones, provides new military aid package to Ukraine. (source)
