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…
Ukrainian miltech startups continue to pitch business ideas in a joint YouTube project of the Ministry of Digital Transformation and the Innovation Development Fund, the Cabinet of Startups of Ukraine. In a new episode, three more startups presented their developments to Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov and co-founder and managing…
The Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) has signed a deal to co-manufacture Korean K2 tanks and K9 howitzers. The deal, an offset of the Polish Defence Ministry’s purchase of 672 K9 units and 1,000 K2 tanks from Korea, was sealed with their respective Korean manufacturers, Hanwha Aerospace and Hyundai Rotem Company. The tanks will be produced…
The Government has adopted a resolution that will speed up and simplify the import of military goods to the maximum extent possible. In particular, the import of UAVs and components to the territory of Ukraine. This will allow the defenders to receive and use technology at the front more quickly. The document was developed jointly…
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland signed a joint agreement to depend on security cooperation and establish a new platform that spans the four countries. Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Reinsalu (Isamaa) and his counterparts co-signed the document in Riga, Lavia on January 31. “It lays the foundation for a cooperation platform of the four countries,…