Another three armoured fighting vehicles Piranha-3 H were delivered to the National Army. According to the Defence Ministry, the vehicles are part of a consignment of 19 military vehicles donated by the government of Germany in early 2023. The fighting vehicles were received, in the context of the fulfillment of the goal of modernizing the…
300 DJI Mavic 3T Thermal drones have been sent to the forefront’s hottest spots: 160 copters – to the east, 85 – to Zaporizhzhia and another 55 – to Kherson. The drones were purchased thanks to joint fundraising for the army as part of the UNITED24 initiative. In just three days, the platform managed to…
Poland will increase ammunition production under a National Munitions Programme, the prime minister has said. Mateusz Morawiecki announced the decision after it was passed by the government on March 29. He told a press conference that the programme, with a budget of close to PLN 2 billion (EUR 430 million), aimed to expand Poland’s ammunition…
On March 28, Politico reported that six EU countries, including Estonia and Lithuania, were profiting from sending military aid to Ukraine. According to the Lithuanian and Estonian governments, the report is misleading. According to Politico, the six countries calculated their reimbursement by the European Peace Facility (EPF) for aid to Ukraine based on new acquisitions…
A bus from Pila has been spectacularly transformed into an armoured hospital wagon and sent to help the wounded in Ukraine. Gifted to the humanitarian organisation Humanosh by Pila City Hall and transport authority MZK, the Solaria Urbino 10 bus is protected by 8 mm shrapnel-resistant armour, fine mesh coverings over the windscreen and metal…
The new head of the Ministry for Strategic Industries should relaunch the agency and transform it to meet the needs of the country at war. This was stated by Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine, during the introduction of the newly appointed Minister for Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin to…
Latvia’s defense spending in 2023 will rise proportionately almost to Estonian levels, and will be set at 2.25% of Gross Domestic Product. The 2.25% figure represents a major advance on the figure of 1% of GDP, which Latvia spent on defense in 2014, and reflects both the changed security situation and the stance taken by…