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assets. On June 24, EU countries approved the first tranche of military aid to Ukraine, about €1.4B, which will come from the proceeds of frozen Russian assets.
Slovenia secretly provided Ukraine with military supplies during US aid delay. Slovenia had sent 26 armored fighting vehicles, three infantry fighting vehicles, and a shipment of drones to Ukraine.
Ukraine to directly sign contracts with global arms producers. "This is a new stage of cooperation that will allow us to receive modern arms directly from producers, which will certainly contribute to faster and more efficient modernization of Ukraine's Armed Forces," Deputy Defense Minister Dmytro Klimenkov said during the Balkan-Ukrainian Defense Industries Forum in Bulgaria on June 7
Ukrainian military-tech products are 10 times cheaper than the nearest analogs from Nato countries. In some cases, the difference can be 30 or 50 times, Anton Skrypnyk, Director of the Ukrainian manufacturer of land-based robotic complexes Roboneers, said at URC2024.
US lifts weapons ban for Ukraine's Azov Brigade, WP reports. The United States will allow Ukraine's Azov Brigade to use weapons provided by the U.S. to fight Russia's full-scale invasion, the U.S. State Department announced on June 10, reversing a long-standing policy.
First workshop for repairs, production of German armored vehicles starts work in Ukraine – Strategic Industries Ministry As part of the partnership between JSC Ukrainian Defence Industry (Ukroboronprom) and the global defence giant Rheinmetall, the first workshop for the repair and production of armored vehicles began operating in Ukraine within the framework of the created joint venture, the press service of the Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine has said.
America’s war machine can’t make basic artillery fast enough.
The Pentagon focused on high-tech weapons after the Soviet Union fell, but the invasion of Ukraine has set off a race to revive output of time-tested munitions.
USA lifts ban on supply of weapons for Azov brigade – media The Biden administration will allow the Ukrainian military unit Azov to use American weapons, the US State Department said on Monday, lifting a ban imposed several years ago, The Washington Post has reported. US military assistance allows AFU to slow down advance of Russian troops in Kharkiv region – Pentagon US military assistance allowed the Armed Forces of Ukraine to slow down the advance of Russian troops in Kharkiv region, as well as to hold the line of defence, Pentagon spokesman General Patrick Ryder said on Monday, June 10.
The US administration may send an additional military aid package to the Kyiv government worth around $225mn, the Associated Press (AP) news agency reported. The new package may include munitions for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), along with missiles for the HAWK air defence system, Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems, 155mm Howitzers, armored vehicles, trailers, patrol boats, demolition materials and a wide range of other spare parts and equipment.
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