The Lithuanian government on May 29 approved 13.5 million euros for the purchase of air surveillance radars to contribute to the Germany-led air defence coalition for Ukraine, Defence Minister Laurynas Kasciunas said. “Today, the government allocated 13.5 million euros for the acquisition of radars that will strengthen the warning system in Ukraine. By doing so,…
At its session on May 24, the Cabinet of Ministers passed a resolution that set a profit margin up to 25% of the cost of ammunition for domestic producers. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. According to him, this will encourage manufacturers to expand and modernise their production lines. At the same time,…
Regional countries have agreed to create a “drone wall” to protect their external borders using unmanned aerial vehicles, Lithuanian Interior Minister Agne Bilotaite has said. She made the remarks after a meeting on May 24 in Latvia with her counterparts from the other two Baltic States, Poland, Finland and Norway. “This is a completely new…
Poland is stepping up security measures around Rzeszow-Jasionka airport – the main transit hub for foreign aid to Ukraine – due to recent cases of sabotage that are believed to have been carried out on behalf of Russia. “We are facing a foreign state that is conducting hostile and – in military parlance – kinetic…
Poland signed an agreement with the US for the delivery of a $960-million aerial reconnaissance system to monitor Poland’s northeastern borders, Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on May 22, reported Reuters. “Poland will be the second country in the world to use this system,” he said. “This agreement defines our security, it is another act…
The Brave1 defense tech cluster, created at the initiative of the Ukrainian Digital Transformation Ministry in cooperation with defense agencies and the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine a year ago, has significantly accelerated the supply of technologies to the front. Today, more than 1,600 developments and 1,000 producers have already been registered on…
The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has established a Donor Council for Institutional Reforms to create a “single window” for effective and transparent communication with partner countries that support transformation processes. “The Donor Council will help us simplify communication with partners through regular updates on the progress of reforms and will become a transparent mechanism…