• Turkey’s Baykar to donate drone after Lithuanian fundraiser for Ukraine

    The Turkish defense company Baykar will donate a Bayraktar TB2 advanced combat drone to Lithuania for transfer to Ukraine after Lithuanian citizens raised nearly 6 million euros to buy one. Baykar is requesting that the funds be used instead to provide humanitarian aid for Ukrainians.

    “The people of Lithuania have honorably raised funds to buy a Bayraktar TB2 for Ukraine,” the company wrote on Twitter. “Upon learning this, Baykar will gift a Bayraktar TB2 to Lithuania free of charge and asks …

  • Ukraine to buy 60 Krab howitzers from Poland

    Ukraine will buy about 60 self-propelled artillery howitzers AHS Krab in addition to the 18 that Poland already shipped to Ukraine, reported the Polish newspaper Dziennik.

    According to the newspaper, on Tuesday an agreement was signed for three more shipments, that is, about 60 howitzers capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 40 km.

    They will be manufactured by Huta Stalowa Wola, which is part of Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA concern. Deliveries will begin in the next few months. The …

  • Scholz says Germany will give Ukraine an air defense system and a tracking radar

    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced Wednesday that Germany would be sending an air defense system and a tracking radar to help Ukrainian forces locate sources of Russian artillery.

    “This, too, is a decision we have made that ensures Ukraine’s security with the most modern equipment,” Scholz told Germany’s Federal Parliament.

    The Chancellor noted the German-made IRIS-T air defense system was among the most sophisticated in the German arsenal and could be deployed to protect entire cities. …

  • Biden confirms US is sending medium-range Multiple Launch Rocket Systems to Ukraine

    US President Joe Biden confirmed Tuesday that Washington is sending medium-range Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) to Ukraine. The move comes in response to repeated requests from Kyiv that the West supply such weapons.

    The weapons can hit targets at a longer range than the weapons Ukraine currently has. The specific model that will be supplied is the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), which can hit targets from a distance of approximately 50 miles.

    Biden stated the …

  • Ukrainian Defense Minister: Kyiv receives M109 self-propelled howitzers from U.S.

    Ukraine has already received self-propelled artillery systems M109. Also, three other types of 155-mm artillery are already working on the front line, said Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov.

    "Three types of 155-mm artillery are already successfully operating on the front line - the M777 howitzer, the FH70 howitzer, the CAESAR self-propelled gun. It was simply unrealistic to think about it back in March. But today it is already a reality... I am glad to announce the news - the fleet …