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"Ukroboronprom, Ukraine's largest defence holding company, has opened its first foreign representative office to coordinate international projects in the United States.
This was announced by US President Joe Biden at the opening of the NATO summit in Washington on 9 July. One battery of SAMs will be delivered by the United States. The second one will be sent by the Netherlands together with other partners. That is, in the near future Ukraine will have 7 Patriot batteries in service. Unfortunately, there is no information yet on when deliveries of the promised systems will start.
The information was shared by Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA. We are talking about a contract worth 2.6 billion zlotys or about $659 million. For this amount the Polish Army will receive 58 vehicles with the new ZSSW-30 combat module. It has a 30 mm Mk.44S automatic cannon, which can use programmable ammunition. Deliveries of the vehicles are scheduled for 2026-2027.
The information appeared on the website of the Ministry of Defence. It is about Switchblade 300 kamikaze drones. The first batch of UAVs will arrive in the country at the end of this year. Unfortunately, the Australian Ministry of Defence does not disclose any other details of the contract.
On Monday, 8 July, the Philippines and Japan signed a key defence agreement that will allow them to deploy troops on each other's territory. The rapprochement between the two countries comes amid China's growing assertiveness.
According to a new investigation by Skhemy, Europe's claims about its ability to produce artillery shells are grossly overstated and it cannot supply Ukraine with even an estimated amount of the promised ammunition.
The Republic of Poland will consider transferring at least one additional MiG-29 squadron to Ukraine.
According to the government website, the Ukrainian Armed Forces received Patriot SAMs with spare parts and missiles, 2 TRML-4D radars, 9,000 rounds of shells for Gepard anti-aircraft tanks and more.
Another aid package was announced by the new UK Defence Secretary John Healey during his working visit to Ukraine. It includes:
Pavlo Lakiychuk, a retired Ukrainian naval officer, said that naval strike drones could seriously change the approach to naval warfare, and they also give smaller fleets a chance to fight.
It is about 24 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft in Tranche 4 and Tranche 5 versions, which will replace older versions of the aircraft in two squadrons. Unfortunately, the amount of the contract and the terms of its realisation have not been disclosed yet. By the way, Italy currently has 94 Eurofighter Typhoon fighters in service: 80 in the single-seat version and 14 in the combat trainer version.
The German ambassador to Ukraine, Martin Jaeger, said this on his Twitter page. We are talking about the third battery of SAMs. Ukraine now has a total of four systems in service. By the way, it recently became known that Romania is ready to transfer the fifth battery to the Ukrainian armed forces. Unfortunately, there is no information on when it will arrive in Ukraine.
Denmark tests new Israeli-made PULS MLRS for the first time
More than one-third of Russians in a June poll by the Russian Levada Centre believe that the use of nuclear weapons in a war with Ukraine "could be justified". Every tenth respondent "strongly" supports a nuclear attack.
Ukraine's defence forces are creating several new brigades, but are unable to arm all of them, military experts say.
