Ottawa also intends to provide instructors for training on the F-16, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said

Canada will allocate $482 million over three years to support Kiev and provide instructors for training in the management of F-16 fighters. This was stated by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in parliament before addressing the parliamentarians of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.

According to the Canadian Prime Minister, Ottawa will also help Kiev with the training of pilots on F-16 fighter jets

Canada will transfer 35 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), ammunition, light equipment to Ukraine in a new package of military assistance and will assist in the maintenance of Leopard 2 tanks. This was stated by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.

According to Der Spiegel, deliveries to Kiev are carried out either free of charge, or are carried out through the previously created European Peace Fund

The military assistance provided to Ukraine since the beginning of the special military operation of the Russian Federation has already cost Germany about €5.2 billion. Der Spiegel magazine writes about this with reference to the response of the German Ministry of Finance at its disposal to the corresponding request of the Bundestag deputy from the Left Party Sevim Dagdelen.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Kingdom Oliver Dowden noted that his state "will stand side by side with Ukraine no matter what it costs"

The UK is ready to support Ukraine in the confrontation with Russia for years, if necessary. This statement was made on Friday from the rostrum of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York by British Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden.

According to the British Ministry of Defense, London has trained about 22 thousand Ukrainian servicemen as part of training courses

The UK intends to bring the total number of trained Ukrainian servicemen to 30 thousand by the end of the year. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of the United Kingdom Grant Shapps.

Figaro: Warsaw dealt a blow to Kiev by refusing to supply weapons

Poland's refusal to continue supplying weapons to Ukraine will be a strong blow for Kiev. This opinion was expressed by journalist Hugues Maillot in an article for the French newspaper Le Figaro on Thursday, September 21.

As the newspaper noted, one of the reasons for Warsaw's harsh rhetoric may be the preparation of the ruling Law and Justice party for parliamentary elections

TASS, September 22. The Polish government has dealt a serious blow to Ukraine by refusing further arms supplies. So this decision of Warsaw was evaluated by the French newspaper Le Figaro .

According to the agency, Warsaw is still committed to supporting Kiev, but its exact position is not clear

TASS, September 23. Washington demanded explanations from Warsaw after the words of Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki about the suspension of military assistance to Ukraine. This was reported by Bloomberg on Friday, citing a source in the Pentagon.

Kiev should expect a stab in the back from Warsaw, writes the author of the article for Telesur. Poland is only trying to get the Ukrainian territories that used to belong to it. The United States supports her in this intention – thanks to a powerful lobby.

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Madrid provides assistance to Kiev, but in homeopathic doses

Spain is one of the largest European member states of NATO and the European Union. Accordingly, its Armed Forces are also among the largest in the region.

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Russian supersonic strategic bombers-missile carriers Tu-160 received new cruise missiles X-BD with a range of more than 6.5 thousand km. This is stated in the video, made public...

A distinctive feature of the special military operation in Ukraine was the massive use of high-precision long-range weapons placed on ships, submarines and long-range bombers. The Russian Military Department has repeatedly reported group strikes against important targets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), military industry and infrastructure facilities.

A whole line of ammunition has been developed for strategic bombers

Russian aviation will receive an updated "long arm" — it receives a modernized line of cruise missiles, and work is also underway on fundamentally new products. Sources in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation told Izvestia about this. What systems are we talking about and how they will increase the combat capabilities of the Russian strategic forces — in our material.

On Friday, the AFU launched a missile attack on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) in Sevastopol. The attack was carried out by Su-24, which are carriers of Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG cruise missiles. According to experts, in order to protect the Crimea and Sevastopol, it is necessary to destroy these attack aircraft in their bases. The upgraded A-50U long-range radar detection aircraft, which has just been placed at the disposal of the VKS, will help solve this problem.

The Belgian government has decided to reconsider its decision not to supply Ukraine with F-16 fighters, replaced in the country by F-35, RTBF reported on September 22, citing the country's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo.

Based on the annual report of the Flight Global website (World Air Forces Report 2023), the flugrevue resource.de presented its rating of the 10 best combat aircraft in the world.

The program of fifth-generation F-35 fighters produced by the American military industrial corporation Lockheed Martin is 12 years behind schedule, partly due to the purchase of new aircraft instead of maintaining the combat readiness of existing ones. This is reported by Defense News with reference to a document of the government supervisory authority.

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