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Belgium has postponed the delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine due to a number of technical and organisational problems, including delays in the delivery of F-35s.
Ukraine has signed a contract with Rheinmetall for the supply of high explosive charge modules for 155mm ammunition, which are to be delivered in an extremely short timeframe - by January 2025.
The Russian military used a truck stolen in Ukraine to evacuate its units in Syria.
In 2024, Ukraine became the largest recipient of German arms, receiving 62% of total exports, amounting to €8.13 billion.
The United States is unlikely to be able to use all the funds allocated for military assistance to Ukraine before the end of Joe Biden's term. Some of the unused resources, including $5.6 billion under the PDA programme, may be inherited by the future administration of Donald Trump.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that 19 air defence systems are to be transferred to Ukraine to protect critical infrastructure. Military support, including the supply of weapons, was discussed during his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The United States has already provided Ukraine with more than $59 billion in security assistance, and plans to transfer another $1.22 billion by the end of the year, the defence ministry said.
Russia has lost more than 11,000 armoured vehicles since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, British intelligence reports.
The SBU Military Counterintelligence neutralised a large-scale agent network of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. The offenders were spying on the Defence Forces in five regions of Ukraine at once.
Poland is preparing the 46th tranche of assistance to Ukraine, which will include financing and possibly equipment, with a planned transfer in January 2025.
German concern Rheinmetall has received an order to supply Ukraine with 20 more Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicles, which will be delivered in the first half of 2025.
Since the beginning of the year, the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has handed over more than 1.3 million UAVs to the Defence Forces.
NATO takes over the coordination of military assistance to Ukraine, as previously planned, instead of the United States.
Lithuania has officially confirmed the purchase of 44 Leopard 2A8 main battle tanks from Germany, the largest defence contract in the country's history.
Greece has announced plans to double its defence budget in the coming years due to the escalation of geopolitical threats in the region.
