Switzerland announced a new CHF 11.5 million ($13.3 million) winter aid package for Ukraine on Dec. 20, bringing the total of Switzerland’s winter assistance to Ukraine to around CHF 26 million ($30 million). The combination of cold weather and …
Moldova has received a French airspace monitoring system, purchased to help the country ramp up its air defenses as Russia’s war against Ukraine continues, the Moldovan Defense Ministry announced Dec. 20. The full-scale invasion of Ukraine stoke…
Estonia and nine other states launched the Tallinn Mechanism to strengthen cyber support for Ukraine in the civic sphere on 20 December.
Source: European Pravda, citing Estonia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Details: The Tallinn Mechanism, as noted by t…
19 December, 2023 Dutch F-16AM fighter in Romania. Photo credits: Dutch Ministry of Defence
France will join the training of Ukrainian pilots on Western fighters in early 2024.
This is stated in the report of the French Ministry of Defense on militar…
France will begin training Ukrainian pilots on Western fighter jets in early 2024, as the initial part of a training programme that will be continued by European partners.
Source: French Defence Ministry’s report on military assistance to Ukraine since…
Ukraine has long-term commitments regarding financial assistance from Belgium, Denmark, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, France, Germany, Sweden and Japan.
Source: Volodymyr Zelenskyy at his end-of-year press conference on 19 December…
19 December, 2023 USS Ross (DDG 71) missile destroyer. Photo credits: US Navy
The United States has announced the launch of a multinational special security operation to protect shipping in the Red Sea.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin reported t…
Igor Salikov, a 60-year-old former Russian intelligence colonel who was involved in Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, fled to the Netherlands and expressed his desire to testify in the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Source: Salikov in an interv…
Ukrainian forces shot down 104 of the 112 Shahed “kamikaze” drones launched by Russia over the past week, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his address on Dec. 16.Russia began intensifying its attacks against Ukrainian cities and infrastructure as t…
15 December, 2023 A serviceman of the Australian army instructs Ukrainian soldiers in the use of the NLAW grenade launcher. Photo credits: Australian Army
The number of deployed ADF members who will be involved in training Ukrainian soldiers will inc…