Two British minehunter ships destined for Ukraine will not be able to travel through Turkish waters, President Erdogan’s Directorate of Communications announced on Jan. 2, citing an international pact.”Our pertinent allies have been duly apprised that …
Türkiye has denied reports that it has allowed two minehunters handed over to Ukraine by the UK to enter the Black Sea.
Source: European Pravda; Statement from the Turkish Presidential Office’s Centre for Countering Disinformation
Details: The ag…
Norwegian companies will now be able to directly sell weapons and defense equipment to Ukrainian authorities following a decision from Oslo, Norway’s Defense Ministry announced on Jan. 1. The Norwegian government previously provided fiscal and military…
The Norwegian government has decided to authorise direct sales of arms and defence products from its defence industry to Ukraine.
Source: Norwegian government website
Details: The report says this change in the Norwegian government’s policy came into f…
The German government exports at least €11.71 billion worth of arms in 2023, which is a record sum.
Source: European Pravda with reference to the the Ministry of Economy’s response to a request from Sevim Dağdelen, a Bundestag MP and member of the Sahr…
U.K. Defense Minister Grant Shapps said on Dec. 26 that Ukraine’s recent attack on a Russian ship in the Black Sea proves that there is no stalemate in the war. The Dec. 26 missile strike targeted the port town Feodosia in occupied Crimea. Ukrai…
Grant Shapps, Minister of Defence of the UK, has stated that the strike on the large landing ship Novocherkassk in the port of Feodosiia, Crimea, disproves the claims about an alleged “stalemate” in Ukraine.
Source: European Pravda with reference to Sh…
Ukraine received $1.3 billion in financial support from the World Bank through a combination of grants and loans, the Finance Ministry announced on Dec. 25.The funding is part of the Public Expenditures of Administrative Capacity Endurance progr…
Ukraine has received US$1.34 billion as the sixth additional financing for partial compensation of Ukraine’s state budget expenses not related to the security and defence sphere, in particular, for pensions and payments to Ukraine’s State Emergency Ser…
Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have stated that Ukraine is likely to receive its first batch of F-16 fighter jets by the end of 2023.
Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW)
Details: The analysts reiterated that Dutch Prime M…