Poland will not shoot down Russian drones or missiles over Ukraine, and it will not train Ukrainian forces on Ukrainian soil.
Source: Paweł Zalewski, Polish Deputy Minister of Defense, during a meeting of EU defence ministers, writes RMF24, as reported…
At a meeting on Friday, 30 August, defence ministers of the European Union resolved to keep the military drills for the Ukrainian soldiers close to Ukrainian borders rather than moving them into Ukrainian territory.
Source: Borrell following the inform…
Ministers of defence of the EU countries agreed at an informal meeting on 30 August to increase the number of Ukrainian soldiers who would train within the EU Military Assistance Mission (EUMAM).
Source: Josep Borrell, a top EU diplomat for foreign pol…
The Netherlands is withholding the delivery date of the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system to Ukraine to prevent Russia from gaining any details about supplies.
Source: Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans before an informal meeting of EU defence …
30 August, 2024 Launcher M903 Patriot air defense system of the Polish army. August 2024. Photo credits: Ministry of Defense of Poland
The U.S. State Department has authorized the possible sale of M903 launchers for the Patriot air defense system to …
The EU will achieve the number of 60,000 trained Ukrainian soldiers “as early as tomorrow”.
Source: Thomas Hitschler, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Minister of Defence of Germany, cited by European Pravda
Details: Hitschler states that the EU wi…
30 August, 2024 Ukrainian F-16 fighters. August 2024. Photo credits: Ukrainian Air Force
Ukraine should decide on its own how to use the weapons provided to it, including the F-16 fighter jets.
Czech President Petr Pavel stated this, Novinky reports….
All deliveries under the Czech ammunition initiative are taking place in accordance with contracts, which has been highly appreciated by Kyiv.
Source: Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said this at a meeting in Brussels on 29 August, European Pravda …
Ukraine’s Ambassador to Germany Oleksii Makieiev has called on the West to abandon fears of escalation of the war in Ukraine following Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk Oblast.
Source: Oleksii Makieiev on Radio Deutschlandfunk, as reported by DPA…
29 August, 2024 Vector UAV. Photo credits: Quantum-Systems
The German drone manufacturer Quantum-Systems has launched a plant to produce Vector unmanned systems in Ukraine.
Representatives of the company’s Ukrainian division shared this with Militarn…