US Secretary of State Antony Blinken praised the Baltic countries for their defence budgets and support for Ukraine, calling them “leaders in NATO”. He met the foreign ministers of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on March 25. “These three allies have been leaders in NATO, contributing significantly to their defence budgets, leading the way in NATO…
On March 25, the US Congress passed a bill that involved a total of $228 million in military and defence aid to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia this year under the Baltic Security Initiative. “Support from the US has significantly helped Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fast track several military infrastructure and capability development projects,” Estonian Defence…
The team of the Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development is working comprehensively to provide logistics for medical evacuation: from urgent repairs of frontline roads and the construction of crossings to the creation of special medical evacuation trains. The medical trolleys were built in a matter of days in early March. Over the past…
Poland’s parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of suspending the country’s participation in an international treaty limiting the size of military forces in Europe that has been in place since 1990. The move is part of a wider NATO decision to suspend the operation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) in…
Poland has signed a EUR 1.5-billion (6.5 billion zloty) deal for the supply of thousands of Carl Gustaf M4 recoilless rifles and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition from Sweden, as the Nordic country prepares to join NATO. The shoulder-fired Carl-Gustaf rifles, produced by Swedish aerospace and defence company Saab, are designed to target…
Poland has signed a $2.5-billion (10 billion zloty) deal with the United States for an advanced air defence system. Once implemented, Poland will be the first country other than the US itself to use the system. The Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) – which will be delivered between 2024 and 2031 – will be part…
The Supervisory Board of Ukrainian Defense Industry JSC (Ukroboronprom) has endorsed a decision to transform a total of 33 state-owned defense industry enterprises into economic entities. The relevant statement was made by the company’s press service on Telegram. “In February, five more strategic state-owned enterprises, which are part of the company, were converted into economic…