Latvia will allocate ten million euros to support Ukraine under NATO’s NATO Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) fund, the government has decided. As Prime Minister Evika Silina (New Unity) explained on social media, the funding would be used to procure weapons and equipment to help Ukraine defend itself. The purchases will be made from Latvia’s…
Lithuania needs about 1 billion euros to develop transport links critical for military mobility, Deputy Defence Minister Karolis Aleksa has said. Aleksa said Lithuania’s overall military mobility needs totaled around 4 billion euros, with most of the funding expected to come from European Union and NATO instruments. “Our needs total 4 billion euros, including around…
Ukrainian enterprises have received their first permits to export controlled goods from the defense-industrial sector. The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov stated this on Telegram. Umerov noted that controlled arms exports were about ensuring state security and developing Ukraine’s defense-industrial complex, opening the way to new security alliances and expanded…
JSC Ukrainian Defense Industry will cooperate with the National Company for Mechanical Systems (NCMS) in the defense sector. Ukroboronprom Director General Herman Smetanin announced this on Telegram. “JSC Ukrainian Defense Industry and the National Company for Mechanical Systems (NCMS) signed a cooperation agreement on the sidelines of the World Defense Show. The signing took place…
The team of JSC Ukrainian Defense Industry held a meeting with His Excellency Dr. Faleh bin Abdullah Al-Saleh Al-Sulaiman, Governor of Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Defense Development (GADD), to discuss prospects for cooperation, production, and industrial development in the field of defense technologies. Ukroboronprom Director General Herman Smetanin posted on Telegram that the company…
Ukraine and Denmark are strengthening cooperation in air defence and the development of the defence industry. This was discussed during a conversation between Minister of Defence of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov and Minister of Defence of Denmark Troels Lund Poulsen. The Ukrainian side thanked Denmark for its consistent support and high-quality cooperation in the defence sector.…
On February 5, Minister of Defence Andris Spruds participated in the signing of a memorandum of understanding on establishing a specialised anti-tank mine and key component production facility in Latvia. The memorandum was signed by State Defence Corporation Ltd, represented by board member Ingrida Kirse, and the German defence industry company Dynamit Nobel Defence GmbH,…