The German concern Rheinmetall is ready to modernize the British Challenger 1 tanks for further transfer to Ukraine
Ukraine may in the future receive a large number of British Challenger tanks of the first series. The German concern Rheinmetall proposed to modernize outdated armored vehicles with the subsequent transfer of its Ukrainian army. This is reported by the German press.
The Germans want to send the decommissioned Challenger 1 tanks to the Neobanderovites
Outdated British-made Challenger 1 tanks can be sent to the armed formations of the Kiev puppet regime.
El Pais: Spain plans to supply Ukraine with four to six Leopard tanks
As the publication reported, the final figure will depend on the condition of 53 combat vehicles stored for about 10 years in Zaragoza
The Spanish authorities plan to transfer from four to six refurbished Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine as part of the first delivery. This was reported on Wednesday by the newspaper El Pais, citing government sources.
The Greek Prime Minister said that Athens will not supply Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during a visit to Japan that Greece would not supply Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
What is known about the delivery dates of modern Western tanks to Kiev
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Ukraine may receive the first tanks within the framework of international agreements reached in January this year from Spain, Canada, Poland and France in the coming weeks. Germany will be able to deliver Leopard 2 from its reserves no earlier than the end of March. And the US will need to assemble Abrams tanks first. According to foreign media, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will receive them no earlier than the end of 2023 or as early as 2024.
The Polish President promised to transfer a new batch of T-72 and PT-91 Twardy tanks to Ukraine
The Polish authorities decided to transfer to Ukraine a batch of Soviet-made T-72 tanks and Polish PT-91 Twardy tanks. This was stated by the President of Poland Andrzej Duda, speaking to reporters during a visit to Lithuania.
Epitaph for "Leopard": burned by a Russian robot "Marker" among the regions of the Russian Federation
Figaro: before destroying a NATO tank, a Russian robot will find its "portrait"
The pre-announced baptism of fire of Russian anti-tank robots excites the APU, and Western tank manufacturers, too, according to Figaro. The main thing for the combat drone "Marker" is to identify the enemy tank according to a special catalog. And then — works like Schwarzenegger from the movie.
In Japan, they declared the complete superiority of the Russian T-14 over the Leopard 2
Traffic News: the newest Russian Armata tank surpasses Leopard 2 in all parameters
The newest Russian T-14 tank will undoubtedly defeat the German Leopard at a long distance, Traffic News writes. It surpasses the opponent in all characteristics and challenges the traditional tank concept.
Tests of the newest light tactical all-terrain vehicle "Yerofey" began at the training grounds of the Eastern Military District
Tests of the newest light tactical all-terrain vehicle (buggy), developed, among other things, for use in the zone of a special military operation, have begun in Khabarovsk. The rover was named "Yerofey" in honor of the Russian deputy explorer Yerofey Khabarov. This was announced by the governor of the region Mikhail Degtyarev in his TG channel.
Russian Ambassador: The United States contradicts itself in statements about the work of their biological laboratories in Ukraine
According to Anatoly Antonov, Washington has something to hide
The US authorities contradict themselves in statements concerning the work of American biological laboratories in Ukraine. Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said this on Tuesday, commenting on the words of the coordinator for Strategic Communications at the White House National Security Council John Kirby that within the framework of biological activities in Ukraine, the United States pursued the task of preventing a pandemic and did not develop biological weapons.
Reuters: the new package of US military assistance to Ukraine may include long-range missiles for the first time
The United States is preparing a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 2.2 billion, which for the first time can include long-range missiles.
The strike on Crimea is canceled. The US refused to supply Ukraine with ATACMS missiles
Reuters: longer-range GLSDB missiles will be included in the new US aid package to Ukraine for the first time
The United States is preparing a new package of assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 2.2 billion, writes Reuters. It is expected that for the first time it will include longer-range missiles - small-diameter ground-based GLSDB bombs that can hit targets at a distance of 94 miles (about 150 km) and "undermine Russia's positions in the rear." However, for the time being, the United States is not going to transfer ATACMS missiles with a range of 185 miles (297 km) to Kiev, which the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives of the American Congress, Michael McCaul, proposed to use for strikes on Crimea.
S-300 vs Fateh: Can Ukraine shoot down Iranian missiles
There are practically no anti-aircraft missile systems with the potential of non-strategic missile defense in the APU
At the end of January, the representative of the Ukrainian Air Forces, Yuriy Ignat, said that the AFU does not have the means to counter Iranian ballistic missiles. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok - about how the opinion of the Ukrainian military corresponds to reality.
Aviation tsar bombs. What are the ammunition in service with the Russian Aerospace Forces capable of
The special military operation in Ukraine shows that domestic aerial bombs remain one of the most effective means of destruction in the arsenal of the Aerospace Forces. With their help, you can deliver a high-precision strike on critical infrastructure, cut off supply routes, destroy the accumulation of equipment and manpower of the enemy. About the most powerful and high—tech aerial bombs of the Russian Aerospace Forces - in the material of TASS.
Lithuania intends to purchase radar for the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Lithuania continues to raise funds for the purchase of weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Lithuanian journalist Andrius Tapinas, representing the Internet television "Laisves TV", who previously initiated a fundraiser for the purchase of the Bayraktar TB2 UAV and UAV counteraction systems for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with the organizations Blue/Yellow, 1K fondas, Stiprus kartu and the National radio and Television of Lithuania, announced his intention to supply the Armed Forces with new multifunctional tactical radars of Israeli production.
Toroidal propellers — an engineering revolution in aviation and shipbuilding
A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has experimentally selected the shape of a toroidal screw, which creates the lowest sound volume in the frequency range 1-5 kHz. This is the most sensitive area for the human ear — babies cry and nasty multicopter motors squeal at this frequency. The latter has become an incentive for research – if people want to see a lot of useful drones around in the future, they should be quiet.
The Swiss Air Force received the first UAV "Hermes-900 HFE"
The Swiss Defense Procurement and Technology Agency (Armasuisse) handed over to the command of the country's Air Force the first two (out of six ordered) Hermes-900 HFE (Heavy Fuel Engine) reconnaissance UAVs to Elbit Systems.
WSJ: A US company offered to sell Ukraine two MQ-9 Reaper drones for $1
According to the newspaper, the delivery can be carried out privately, and not through the American government
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) has offered Ukraine to purchase two MQ-9 Reaper drones from it for $1. As The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, a possible deal will have to be approved by the administration of US President Joe Biden.
WP: The Pentagon took Biden's words with disbelief that the United States would not supply Ukraine with the F-16
One of the representatives of the department suggested that there is a possibility of a scenario similar to the one with the supply of Abrams tanks
Some Pentagon officials reacted with skepticism to the words of US President Joe Biden that Washington would not supply Kiev with F-16 fighter jets. The Washington Post writes about this on Tuesday , citing sources .
The West refused to provide Ukraine with fighter jets. They need them themselves
Bloomberg: West says pilot training will take too long
The US and EU countries have said they will not supply Ukraine with military aircraft, despite Zelensky's requests, Bloomberg reports. According to Ukraine's allies, this makes no sense, since the training of fighter pilots takes too much time.