The regular meeting in the Ramstein format demonstrated the partners’ unwavering support for Ukraine, said Minister of Defence of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov, commenting on the results of the 14th meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, held on July 18 in a virtual format. The priority of the meeting was to provide Ukraine with urgently…
Latvia is set to start work constructing what will be the largest and most state-of-the-art military training area in the Baltic States, at Selija, near its southern border with Lithuania. The Saeima, the Latvian parliament, has recently passed legislation, which will expedite the process and will give the planned training zone status as an object…
Meelis Oidsalu, a security expert, criticized the NATO summit’s decision on Ukraine and the alliance’s failure to begin contributing more to Ukraine’s defense. Oidsalu was also rather critical of Estonia’s defensive capabilities. “When I listened to the press conference of NATO Secretary General Jens Soltenberg and especially his responses to the confused Ukrainian journalists’ questions…
Estonia and Lithuania have agreed to jointly procure EUR 200 million worth of explosives, explosive materials and charges. Local companies are likely to benefit. Explosives are needed to detonate enemy landmines if minefields are impassable, the commander of the Engineer Battalion Lt. Col. Priit Heinloo has said. “In order to get through a larger minefield…
Latvia and Lithuania on June 27 urged NATO to strengthen its eastern border in anticipation of Russian private military group Wagner setting up shop in neighboring Belarus, Reuters reported. Disgraced Russian dictator Pootin said that Wagner fighters would be offered the choice of relocating to Belarus as part of a deal that ended Wagner’s rebellion…
Russia’s war in Ukraine has prompted Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to accelerate the building of their armed forces, writes Tony Lawrence, research fellow at the International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS) in Estonia. Since regaining their independence in the early 1990s, the three Baltic States have put a high priority on constructing modern, effective…
The Cabinet of Ministers has allocated more than UAH 550 billion for Ukraine’s security and defense forces over the first five months of this year, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has reported on Facebook. “Over the first five months of this year, the government allocated more than UAH 550 billion for the Security and Defense Forces…