A group of four countries announced a new fund on 15 June that will deliver vital short and medium range air defence systems and “hundreds” of vital Soviet-era air defence missiles to Ukraine.
The defence ministries of Denmark, the Netherlands, the UK and the US agreed on the package during a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (UDCG), which brings together 50 nations providing various forms of military support to Ukraine.
The four countries will procure hundreds of short and medium range air defence systems via the fund.
Author: Michael
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans
The
following list attempts to keep track of military equipment
delivered or pledged to Ukraine by Croatia during the Russian invasion of
Ukraine. The entries below are sorted by armament category (with a flag
denoting the country of origin), and due to the confidential nature of
some arms deliveries they can serve only as a lower bound to the total
volume delivered. This list is updated as further military support is uncovered.
The German Ministry of Defence and the Bundestag’s Budget and Defence Committees have approved the acquisition of the Arrow-3 air and missile defence system.
The system, developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), is part of Israel’s multi-layer defence array and offers protection against longer-range threats, particularly those carrying weapons of mass destruction.
Protection, at the highest of layers of defence
With a reported price tag of almost $4.3bn, the Arrow-3 deal represents the largest defence sale in Israel’s history.
The destruction of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam on June 6 has exacerbated concerns over the safety of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. To cool its six reactors and its spent fuel pools, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), located some 93 miles upstream from the dam, relies on water from the Kakhovka Reservoir, which has dropped rapidly since the dam break. The ZNPP continues to operate safely for the time being and there is no immediate threat to the plant.
Both Japan and Singapore plan to acquire the Lockheed Martin F-35B short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft. (Lockheed Martin Aeronautics)
Japan’s new defence trade agreement with Singapore – signed early June – is indicative of how Tokyo is trying to expand defence equipment and technology ties with countries across Southeast Asia, the Japan Ministry of Defense (MoD) told
Janes
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The Bundestag’s budget committee on 14 June approved the procurement of the Arrow Weapon System and Arrow 3 missiles for the Bundeswehr. (IAI)
The budget committee of the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament, on 14 June approved the procurement of six IRIS-T SLM (Surface Launched Medium Range) ground-based air defence (GBAD) systems and the Arrow Weapon System (AWS), including missiles.
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Ukrainian officials acknowledge that they are facing a tough fight as they conduct counteroffensive operations across the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
“Over the course of the day, the enemy increased the number of missile and air strikes and artillery and mortar attacks,” Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said Thursday on her Telegram channel. “Our troops are dealing with strong enemy resistance and their superiority in numbers of men and weapons.
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