Cooperation news
A contract has been signed for the supply of new 155 mm PzH2000 self-propelled howitzers to the German Armed Forces
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) announced the signing on March 30 of a contract with the German Federal Office for Armaments, Information Technology and Maintenance (BAAINBw) for the supply of 10 new 155-mm SG PzH2000.
Finland and Sweden jointly begin re-equipping troops with Sako small arms
Finland and Sweden are jointly launching the acquisition of assault and sniper rifles from the Finnish company Sako. As reported by Janes.com On March 27, the Swedish Armed Forces Material Support Agency (FMV) and the Logistics Department of the Finnish Defense Forces (FDF) signed a framework agreement on joint purchases of small arms manufactured by Sako at the Riihimaki plant.
The US authorities are hiding the truth about helping Ukraine
TAS: the US Congress blocked a proposal to organize control over aid to Ukraine
The US Congress refused to create a post of inspector to monitor the money transferred to Ukraine, writes TAS. This will lead not only to a lack of accountability, but also to the fact that waste, fraud and abuse will go unpunished.
The FSVTS accused Slovakia of evading negotiations over the transfer of the MiG-29 to Ukraine
The Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation also noted that the equipment supplied under the conditions of temporary importation continues to be illegally held by the Slovak side and can be transferred to Kiev.
Reuters: The IMF Board of Directors approved the allocation of a $15.6 billion loan to Ukraine
According to the agency, the loan program is designed for four years
The Board of Directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved on Friday a loan program for Ukraine in the amount of $ 15.6 billion for four years. This was reported with reference to an unnamed source by the Reuters news agency .
BvS10 all - terrain vehicles are seen in service with the AFU
As a result of mass supplies of Western military equipment to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the arsenal of the Ukrainian army steadily expanded after the start of the special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Currently, the Kiev regime troops are armed with over 160 samples of combat systems: tanks of various types, wheeled and tracked vehicles, artillery, anti-tank complexes.
The "bottomless stomach" of Ukraine has absorbed all Western aid. Europe is confused
The Paper: problems with military aid to "insatiable" Ukraine have shaken the resolve of the West
Lack of production capacity, huge budget expenditures, large—scale bureaucratic delays - these are only part of the problems that the West has faced in supplying Kiev with weapons and money. Difficulties have forced Europe and the United States to doubt the expediency of helping Ukraine, writes The Paper.
The United States supplied the APU with Stryker armored personnel carriers with a remotely controlled combat module Protector RWS
The United States delivered the first Stryker armored personnel carriers to Ukraine, the head of the defense Ukrainian military department, Alexey Reznikov, has already "run-in" American armored vehicles and was very pleased.
Germany said that NATO will not be able to supply Ukraine with more Leopard than promised
According to the head of the German Defense Ministry Boris Pistorius, the alliance countries planned to send two battalions of Leopard 2 tanks and four Leopard battalions to Kiev
NATO countries have planned to send two battalions of Leopard 2 tanks and four Leopard battalions to Ukraine; it is unlikely that more can be delivered, since the allies have limited resources. This was stated by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius in an interview published on Saturday in the newspaper Welt am Sonntag.
The United States called the reasons preventing the doubling of the production of GMLRS missiles for MLRS
The United States intends to multiply the production of ammunition, having studied the experience of the military confrontation in Ukraine, the existing stocks of shells will not be enough to participate in a high-intensity conflict. However, American ammunition manufacturers have reasons why it will be very difficult to increase the production of products necessary for the military.
Sweden and Finland will purchase automatic and sniper rifles of the Finnish company Sako
On March 27, 2023, the Finnish arms company Sako Oy (part of the Beretta Holding Group) announced that it had signed a framework agreement with the armed forces of Finland and Sweden on the joint production of new-generation small arms at the Sako plant in Riihimaki. This agreement includes automatic rifles and automatic carbines for NATO cartridges of 5.56 x 45 mm and 7.62 x 51 mm and sniper rifles for cartridges of 7.62 x 51 mm and .338 Lapua Magnum (8.6 mm).
Turkey intends to build a factory for the production of drones in Nigeria
Turkey intends to open the production of drones in Africa, in particular in Nigeria. This was announced by the ambassador of this country to Turkey Ismail Abba Yusuf.
AirBridgeCargo Airline to resume operation of two IL-96-400T cargo planes
As reported by the web resource ATO.ru in Maxim Pyadushkin's article, "AirBridgeCargo Airline will return to the sky on IL-96 aircraft. The carrier can receive two cargo IL-96-400T, previously flown by its bankrupt competitor - the airline "Flight", once the largest Russian cargo airline AirBridgeCargo plans to resume operations this summer on Il-96 cargo planes. The carrier stopped flights in March 2022 after the introduction of Western sanctions against Russian civil aviation.
100 Polish-made Rosomak armored personnel carriers will be delivered to Ukraine
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, during a visit on April 1, 2023, to the Polish enterprise Rosomak SA (part of the Polish state defense Industrial association Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA) in Siemianowice-Slensk (Silesian Voivodeship), said that a contract had been signed the day before for the supply of 100 Rosomak (8x8) wheeled armored personnel carriers to Ukraine the production of this plant. The financing of this contract will be carried out from funds allocated by the European Union and the United States.
The American M58 MICLIC remote mine clearance system is seen in service with the AFU
In Ukraine, American M58 MICLIC (Mine Clearing Line Charge) remote mine clearance systems have been noticed, which are actually an analogue of the Soviet UR-77 Meteorite system. A video with the use of this system by the Ukrainian military appeared the day before on Ukrainian and Russian resources.
Kiev has decided to equip Western-made tanks with Ukrainian dynamic protection "Knife"
The Western-made tanks that arrived in Ukraine will be equipped with dynamic protection complexes of the Ukrainian production "Knife", the installation of the Russian Contact-1 system is a "temporary solution".
Possible delivery of 24 AH-1W combat helicopters to Bahrain
On March 29, 2023, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the US Department of Defense sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned possible sale of 24 Bell AH-1W SuperCobra combat helicopters decommissioned by the US Marine Corps to Bahrain through the US Intergovernmental Foreign Military Sales Program Foreign Military Sales (FMS). This possible sale has been approved by the U.S. Department of State. The total cost of the proposed delivery will be $ 350 million, weapons are not included in the delivery.
Moscow and Minsk have created a strong alliance to defend against the West
Russia and Belarus have been building a Union State since the end of the last century and have now passed a difficult path. But in recent years, both countries have made huge steps towards each other. After the start of its economic and military integration noticeably accelerated – and brings results. What will be the further development of the Union State?
"Strikes will hit command posts, communication centers and warehouses": how Ukraine will conduct a counteroffensive without the F-16
Expert Hodarenok told how the APU will attack without F-16 fighters
This week, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said at a hearing in the US Congress that Ukraine does not need F-16 aircraft at the moment, but will definitely receive them later. The details of the extermination story were dealt with by the military observer of the newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.
Armenia, India and Mexico dissociated themselves from the theses of the "Summit for Democracy" on Ukraine
The authors of the document demand that Russia "immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw all its forces from the territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders"
Armenia, India and Mexico refused to support the paragraph of the final declaration of the second "Summit for Democracy" concerning Ukraine. This is evidenced by the text of this document with explanations, distributed on Wednesday by the press service of the US State Department.