Mark Rutte, Acting Prime Minister of the Netherlands, arrived in Odesa on an unannounced visit on Friday, 13 October, where he met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Source: Rutte on Twitter (X), reports European Pravda
Details: The head o…
Members of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), a group of ten Northern European states led by the United Kingdom, invited Ukraine as an observer to their training in 2024 and 2025.
Source: European Pravda, with reference to the joint statement o…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed the opinion that Ukraine’s successful resistance to Russian aggression opens up prospects for Georgia to liberate its own occupied territories in the future.
Source: Zelenskyy in an online speech at…
The Lebanese movement Hezbollah has claimed that it is “fully prepared” to join Hamas in a war against Israel when the time comes.
Source: Times of Israel, citing a statement by Naim Qassem, Deputy Head of Hezbollah, during a pro-Palestinian rally in t…
The Estonian government has approved a draft law that, if passed by parliament, will allow frozen Russian assets to be transferred to Ukraine, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas announced on Oct. 12. “The money to compensate for the damages caused by Ru…
The Netherlands is set to send over a dozen F-16 jets to a training center in Romania so that Ukrainian pilots can begin training on the aircraft within weeks, Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren said on Oct. 11. “We hope to transfer twelve to eight…
Dutch Defence Minister Kajsa Ollongren announced that up to 18 F-16 fighter jets will be sent to Romania in the next few weeks to train Ukrainian pilots.
Source: European Pravda with reference to NL Times
Quote: “We hope to hand over 12 to 18 aircraft …
The defence ministries of Denmark and the Czech Republic announced on 12 October the preparation of the first joint tranche of military aid to Ukraine with infantry fighting vehicles and battle tanks, which will arrive “in the coming months”.
Source: E…
A man has been arrested on suspicion of selling weapons, ammunition, and explosives left behind by the Russian army in Kherson Oblast, the region’s prosecutor’s office reported on Oct. 11. The man went to combat positions abandoned by the Russia…
Denmark expects to deliver the first F-16s to Ukraine in the spring of 2024, Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen told the press in Brussels on Oct. 11.Speaking ahead of a meeting of NATO defense ministers, Poulsen said that Denmark expects to b…