The Lithuanian government on August 13 approved a proposal to allocate an additional 461 million euros from borrowed funds for an advance payment for German Leopard tanks being purchased by Lithuania. The proposal made by the Finance Ministry followed a letter from the Defence Ministry in July, stating that the ministry is due to make…
Minister of Defence of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal held discussions with Sweden’s Defence Minister Pal Jonson and the Netherlands’ Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans. “We are engaging more partners in the new Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) mechanism. During a phone call with Sweden’s Defence Minister Pal Jonson, I thanked his country for joining PURL. Sweden, together…
Kyiv has approached Warsaw with a request for a EUR 120-million loan to purchase military products from Poland’s defense industry, Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha has said. According to the foreign minister, Poland-made weapons – particularly the Piorun MANPADS and Krab self-propelled howitzers – have proven highly effective and battle-tested, which is why…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has regulated certain issues related to the production, procurement and supply of explosives and ammunition to meet the needs of the Defence Forces under martial law. The relevant resolution No. 902 dated July 16, “Certain issues of production, procurement and supply of explosives and ammunition”, was adopted at a…
The Verkhovna Rada has passed a critically important decision, amending the state budget to allocate an additional UAH 412 billion to the defence and security sector. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko emphasised that this vote was a timely response to the new reality of full-scale war. “Following yet another massive russian attack, the vote in Verkhovna…
New Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal said that Ukraine could not allow weapons exports when the army did not receive what it needed. He said this in an interview with the BBC. Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal believes that the export of weapons produced by Ukrainian companies is unacceptable until the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces…
On July 30, the Government adopted a decision to stimulate the production of domestic weapons, announced Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko. She emphasised that, in response to requests from drone and electronic warfare manufacturers, the Government had allowed the inclusion of loan interest costs – up to 10% of production costs – in the…