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The information was shared by the company Aero Vodochody, which is engaged in the production of the aircraft. By the way, the Czech manufacturer is modernising a total of two aircraft for the Bulgarian Army. The first L-39 Albatros underwent a major overhaul and received updated onboard equipment.
The information was shared by the Serbian Ministry of Defence. Earlier Serbia did not report on the purchase of these systems, so it is still unknown how many SAM batteries will be transferred under the contract. By the way, it is most likely that Serbia purchased HQ-17AE as an alternative to the Russian Pantsir-S1 systems. Their purchase was disrupted due to the start of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine.
Several dozen Su-34 fighter-bombers, which carry out strikes against Ukraine, are parked in the open, unprotected 200 km from Ukraine in the Voronezh region at the Malshevo airbase, and Ukraine cannot hit them.
Sweden has acquired the THeMIS tracked multi-purpose drone from the Estonian company Milrem Robotics.
The information was shared by Iveco - OTO Melara consortium. We are talking about 28 units of vehicles. After the fulfilment of the contract, Italy will have 150 such vehicles in service. By the way, apart from Italy, Brazil also wants to buy such wheeled armoured vehicles.
The information was shared by the Financial Times. If an agreement is reached, Israel will first poison the SAMs in the USA, and then the systems will be handed over to Ukraine.
The Polish Defence Procurement Agency has announced that Poland has received the last batch of 47 M1A1 Abrams tanks from the United States.
NATO member states Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Poland have called on the EU to build defence infrastructure along its 1,000km border with Russia and Belarus.
In addition to Brimstone 3 aircraft missiles, the German Ministry of Defence will purchase missiles for Stinger man-portable air defence systems for the army.
The Special Operations Forces of Belarus have adopted Grad multiple rocket launchers.
The information was shared by Hartpunkt. Germany plans to purchase 3,266 missiles from MBDA UK. In the first phase, the German army will receive 378 missiles worth 376 million euros. Of these, 274 missiles for operational use, 29 missiles for testing and 75 training missiles. By the way, Germany plans to use Brimstone 3 with Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets.
On 24 June, the Czech Ministry of Defence signed an agreement with Germany on the joint purchase of Leopard 2A8 main battle tanks.
The Lithuanian Armed Forces have launched a specialised course aimed at training future instructors to operate FPV drones.
The Pentagon said that North Korean troops sent to Ukraine to help in Russia's war would be "cannon fodder".
The information was shared by the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan. The aircraft was presented on 26 June. Azerbaijan signed a contract with Italian company Leonardo for the purchase of C-27J Spartan aircraft in 2023. The exact number of aircraft is not disclosed, but if rumours are to be believed, it is about two planes.
