Ukraine: U.S. to supply more Navy boats

Ukraine will receive from the United States two new MK VI patrol boats. That’s according to Army Inform, Defense Ministry’s information agency, referring to a Pentagon report. The construction will cost nearly $20 million. The first batch of boats is expected to be built until December 2022. “The vessels for our country will be manufactured…

Ukraine: defense industry reform under threat

Ukroboronprom, Ukraine’s state-owned defense concern, has released a public appeal to the President Volodymyr Zelensky, Prime Minister Denysh Shmyhal, National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov, and Rada Defense Committee Chair Oleksandr Zavitnevych, voicing “concern regarding the curtailment of Ukraine’s defense industry reform and interference into its economic activities by the Ministry of Strategic…