Lithuanian border guards’ unions complain that they are armed with old unreliable Kalashnikovs and undersupplied with ammunition. In case of a foreign invasion, border guards say they would be the first line of defence. Shooting is an important part of border guards’ training and the main weapon is the pistol. However, border guards’ trade unions…
Lithuania will send two rotations of instructors to the United Kingdom to train Ukrainian troops there, Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said on August 23. “I can confirm that Lithuania will send two rotations of 15 instructors each to the UK for the basic training of Ukrainian troops. This further increases Lithuania’s contribution to the…
The Bayraktar drone, crowdfunded by Lithuanians and handed over to Ukraine in July, is already carrying out combat tasks, Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said on August 22. “The Bayraktar UAV Hawk about to perform combat tasks in Ukraine,” Anusauskas wrote on Facebook, posting a photo of the drone. “We cannot give more details, but it…
Lithuania is launching five training courses for Ukrainian military personnel, Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said on August 16. “We are starting five training courses for Ukrainians in August,” he said. The courses will be designed for specialists, rather than recruits, to better improve the skills of the Ukrainian military in using Western weapons, Anusauskas said.…
Lithuania is looking at options to backfill weapons it plans to send to Ukraine, the country’s Defence Ministry says. Speaking during a donor conference for Ukraine held in Denmark, Lithuania’s Deputy Defence Minister Margiris Abukevicius said the country could send more weapons to Kyiv if NATO agreed to backfill the depleted stocks. Lithuania has already…
Turkey’s Baykar is planning to build a factory in Ukraine to produce not only Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicles but also new models, such as Bayraktar Akinci and Bayraktar Kizilelma. The relevant statement was made by Baykar CEO Haluk Bayraktar in an interview with the “Come Back Alive” Foundation. According to Bayraktar, his company…
According to the draft law No. 7644 on amendments to the 2022 State Budget, tabled in the Verkhovna Rada, expenditures will be increased by UAH 270.2 billion, of which UAH 269.5 billion will go to security and defense. That’s according to the Verkhovna Rada press service, citing Danylo Hetmantsev, head of the Committee on Finance,…