It's being reported today that Ukraine is set to receive 2 additional Patriot Missile Defense Batteries. This is more news in the wake of USA 🇺🇸 and Ukraine 🇺🇦 recently signing the mineral deal.
The first battery will come from storage in Israel 🇮🇱 and will be sent along with interceptors. The...
A couple points about IRIS-T.
1. Ukraine's NASAMs systems don't use IRIS-T missiles, therefore, Ukraine still requires AIM-9 and AIM-120 as part of their air defense network. Only USA 🇺🇸 has the ability to keep a steady supply of AIM series missiles inbound to Ukraine.
2. IRIS-T production is...
USA 🇺🇸 has agreed to sell Ukraine $310 million usd worth of F-16 pilot training, spare parts and equipment. This was announced one day after USA agreed to sell Ukraine $50 million usd worth of undisclosed weapons believed to be missile interceptors.
We're going to see a lot more of this now...
You're not wrong, but geopolitics are about doing what you have to do to win. Yes, it's shitty that the U.S. wants to stop footing the bill for the war, but Europe and other Ukrainian allies would be cutting their noses off to spite their faces if they stopped buying weapons from USA simply so...
Exactly. USA 🇺🇸 (like it, or not) has fully moved away from supporting Ukraine for "free". They are painting the mineral deal as a long term way of recouping some of the funds they sent Ukraine during the Biden administration and they used it as leverage for the sale of future weapons to...
After the mineral deal was signed, it's been reported that USA has now agreed to start selling weapons to Ukraine for immediate transfer. Trump told Zelenskyy that USA would not ship Ukraine weapons for free anymore, beyond those in the pipeline that were paid for under the Biden administration...
The USA 🇺🇸 and Ukraine 🇺🇦 have officially signed the mineral deal that they have been working on for months. Moving forward, U.S. firms will be involved in both the development of, and extraction from these mines. Ukraine is home to 22 "rare earth" minerals that the U.S. values. The estimated...
Ukraine has successfully penetrated Russian air defenses and targeted the 51st GRAU arsenal, 65km from Moscow. This was another substantial storage site for artillery shells, MLRS rockets, air defense missiles and ballistic missiles.
This is the 4th GRAU arsenal in Western Russia that Ukraine...
It's taken a while to get to this point (multiple years) but Ukraine has started to cause of absolute chaos for high value Russian targets such as costly air defense systems and radars. They're also targeting Russian leadership at great distances.
How are they doing it? Ukrainian Special...
Russia continues to throw unfathomable numbers of people and armored vehicles into the wood chipper that is the open fields of Eastern Ukraine. Here has another disastrous attack today, thwarted by one of Ukraine's best brigades, the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade.
29 armored vehicles and some...
Germany 🇩🇪 announced the delivery if a substantial new military aid package for Ukraine today. The package consists of the following:
- 4 Diehl Kenetic Air Defense Systems
- 66 FFG MRAPS
- 3 Zuzana 2 155mm Howitzers
- 6 Bergepanzer 2 Recovery Vehicles
- 4 WISENT-1 Mine Clearing Tanks
- IRIS-T...
Thr Netherlands 🇳🇱 has announced the following aid package for Ukraine:
- Delivery of additional F-16 Fighter Jets
- 1 Patriot Battery Command Center
- HAWK Air Defense Systems
https://www.defensie.nl/actueel/nieuws/2025/04/11/extra-luchtverdediging-voor-oekraine
I posted about this earlier in thread. The Brigade is bring equipped from scratch, with help from Sweden, Denmark, the Baltics and likely Finland (they just keep quiet). They're going to feature CV90 IFVs, Leopard 1A5 MBTs, Archer 155mm Artillery, a drone unit and unknown APCs.
It's not in any...
Norway 🇳🇴 has announced that they will spend $938 million usd to train and equip an entire Ukrainian mechanized infantry brigade. It's believed that the brigade will feature a tank battalion of German 🇩🇪 Leopard 1A5 MBTs and the infantry will use CV9035 MKIIIC IFVs that will be jointly provided...
Lithuania 🇱🇹 announced a new military aid package for Ukraine today valued at $34 million usd. The package consists of the following:
- 155mm Artillery Shells (via 🇨🇿)
- Anti Drone Systems
- Electronic Warfare Systems
- De-Mining Capabilities
The Netherlands 🇳🇱 announced a new military aid...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Germany 🇩🇪 currently uses PAC-2 and PAC 3 CRI missiles in their launchers and has PAC 2 GEM-T and PAC-3 MSE missiles on order...
Significant new on the Ukraine aid front...
The most recent Ramstein summit concluded today in Germany and 51 countries supporting Ukraine were in attendance, either in person, or virtually. Collectively, they committed an additional $23 Billion usd in direct military aid to Ukraine. Packages...
Britain 🇬🇧 and 🇳🇴 announced a new military aid package for Ukraine today valued at $600 million usd. The package consists of the following.
- Hundreds of thousands of drones
- Air Defense Radars
- Counter Battery RADARS
- Anti Tank Mines
- $200 Million usd worth of spare parts and maintenance...
Germany 🇩🇪 has announced a substantial new military aid package for Ukraine today, valued at $3.4 Billion usd. The package will be delivered throughout 2025 and consists of the following:
- 4 IRIS-T Air Defense Systems
- 30 Patriot PAC 2 Air Defense Missiles
- 300 IRIS-T Air Defense Missiles...
Appealing to the businessman in Donald Trump, Ukraine has sent the Americans an offer to PURCHASE $50 Billion usd worth of a mix of new and used military equipment. Ukraine would either pay for the aid directly (with European help) or repay it through a mineral deal. Zelenskyy is open to either...
