With a shortage of mortar shells in reserves across Europe, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are setting up their own ammunition factories to be ready in case of a potential attack from Russia. In Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia – three Baltic States on the edge of the European Union that all share a border with Russia…
On June 13, on the sidelines of the 23rd meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group in the Ramstein format, Deputy Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine Sergiy Boyev, Minister of Defence of Ukraine Rustem Umerov and Minister of Defence of Denmark Troels Lund Poulsen signed a memorandum outlining a mechanism for financing the purchase…
Poland plans to train a military unit composed of conscription-age Ukrainians living in the country, the Foreign Ministry has revealed. Speaking at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Prague, Radoslaw Sikorski was asked if it was possible that NATO troops, including Polish ones, could be sent to Ukraine. “Poland considered the Ukrainian request regarding…
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…