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The Brazilian army has announced a tender for the purchase of 36 155 mm wheeled self-propelled artillery systems, but has not yet chosen which ones.
The Bulgarian Ministry of Defence has begun preparations to supply 110 Soviet BTR-60 armoured personnel carriers to Ukraine.
We are talking about several thousand grenade launchers, ammunition and auxiliary equipment. The contract is worth $1.25bn. The arms deliveries are scheduled for 2024-2027.
The Indonesian state-owned company PT Pindad has delivered the latest Harimau medium tanks, which were developed jointly with Turkey's FNSS.
The Spanish branch of the German concern Rheinmetall has signed a €300 million contract to produce the latest missiles with a range of up to 300 kilometres for the SILAM missile system.
The information appeared on the website of the Finnish ministry. The contract is worth $96 million. In addition to bombs, the contract also provides for the purchase of related equipment and services. The arms deliveries will take place in stages during 2024-2030.
The information was shared by the Slovak Prime Minister. According to him, the system will be taken away because "it is needed elsewhere". It is not yet known where exactly the SAMs will be moved to. By the way, Ukraine is also the operator of SAMP/T. Italy jointly with France handed over one such surface-to-air missile system to the Ukrainian armed forces last year.
From the start of the full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022 to December 2023, France has transferred €3.8 billion worth of military aid to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This list includes:
In January, we wrote that France would transfer AASM Hammer precision bombs to the Ukrainian armed forces. It seems that they are already in Ukraine.
The Dutch Ministry of Defence has announced that it has ordered 9 modern self-propelled DITA artillery systems from the Czech company Excalibur Army. There is no information yet on when deliveries will begin.
The UK government will spend £245 million (approximately €286 million) in 2025 to purchase the artillery shells Ukraine needs.
The information was shared by ESuT. We are talking about 20 vehicles. Earlier, Ukraine received 5 cars. The German government will finance the purchase of the vehicles. Deliveries should begin in the coming months. By the way, Ukraine is the first operator of Caracal.
The Netherlands said in 2023 that it would buy VERA-NG radar stations for Ukraine. It looks like they are already in Ukraine.
A photo of the first installations was published on the social network Twitter. What quantity the first batch includes is still unknown, but most likely it will be 3-4 systems.
Last autumn, the USA secretly transferred to Ukraine a small number of MGM-140A ATACMS ballistic missiles with a range of 165 km. Now information has appeared on the Internet that the Ukrainian Armed Forces may receive an improved version of the missile.
