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[Spitfire9]

Norway to Allocate $933 Million to Train and Equip Ukraine’s Nordic-Baltic Brigade

Norway is providing $933 million to train and equip a new Ukrainian brigade, enhancing Ukraine’s defense against ongoing Russian aggression.

united24media.com

Around 200,000 USD to train and equip a soldier?

 

[TR_123456]

Norway to Allocate $933 Million to Train and Equip Ukraine’s Nordic-Baltic Brigade

Norway is providing $933 million to train and equip a new Ukrainian brigade, enhancing Ukraine’s defense against ongoing Russian aggression.

united24media.com

Around 200,000 USD to train and equip a soldier?

''Earlier, France trained and equipped the Ukrainian 155th Mechanized Brigade named after Anna of Kyiv, providing armored vehicles, artillery, and training for 2,300 soldiers.''

Probably an all-in package.

 

[Soldier30]

Footage of Ukrainian FPV drones attacking a Russian M1989 Koksan self-propelled howitzer. The video was filmed in the Kursk region of Russia, according to some media, it was filmed in Donbass. The 170-mm M1989 Koksan self-propelled howitzer is produced in North Korea. There is still no footage of the M1989 self-propelled howitzer in action in Russia. The M1989 Koksan self-propelled howitzer was attacked by three drones while being towed. Judging by the video, the howitzer was confirmed to have been destroyed for the first time. The Russian tank with Tsar-Mangal protection was not attacked by drones.

 

[Soldier30]

Russian FPV drone operators have published footage of the destruction of a camouflaged Ukrainian DANA vz. 77 self-propelled howitzer. The video was filmed in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine. The 152 mm DANA vz. 77 self-propelled howitzer was developed in 1977 in Czechoslovakia and has a firing range of up to 20 kilometers. The Ukrainian army also has a modernized version of the Dana-M2 self-propelled howitzer. As a result of the attack by the Russian FPV drone, the Ukrainian DANA vz. 77 self-propelled howitzer was completely destroyed. This is the third confirmed loss of this type of self-propelled howitzer by the Ukrainian army.

 

[Relic]

Norway to Allocate $933 Million to Train and Equip Ukraine’s Nordic-Baltic Brigade

Norway is providing $933 million to train and equip a new Ukrainian brigade, enhancing Ukraine’s defense against ongoing Russian aggression.

united24media.com

Around 200,000 USD to train and equip a soldier?

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 way cheap to train and fully equip a 3000-5000 person mechanized infantry brigade. $1 Billion usd sounds about right. It would probably be 2-3x that if we were talking a fully kitted out 5000 strong Western brigade.

 

[Relic]

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

Extra luchtverdediging voor Oekraïne

Nederland heeft vandaag € 150 miljoen toegezegd voor luchtverdedigingssystemen voor Oekraïne. Minister Ruben Brekelmans maakte dat bekend tijdens een bijeenkomst van de Ukraine Defence Contact Group (UDCG) in Brussel. Hierin komen meer dan 50 landen samen voor de coördinatie van militaire steun...

www.defensie.nl

 

[blackjack]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1911815305287848249

 

[Soldier30]

Three Ukrainian 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers were attacked by Russian FPV drones "Prince Vandal Novgorodsky" controlled via fiber optic cable. The 122-mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer was first produced in the USSR in 1968. The howitzer is also used by the Russian army. The videos were filmed over several days in the area of the settlements of Fedorovka and Molocharka, this is the Kramatorsk and Konstantinovskoye direction. The FPV drones were used by the 200th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of Russia. It was not possible to identify the Ukrainian units using the 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers. All Ukrainian Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers were in camouflaged firing positions; judging by the video, they were destroyed as a result of the attacks by Russian drones. The ammunition of one Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer exploded, as shown at the end of the video.

 

[Spitfire9]

This video does suggest that Russia is suffering heavy equipment losses. Is it footage of recent actions?

 

[Soldier30]

Footage of an attempt to break through a Ukrainian armored group from the Sumy region of Ukraine to the Belgorod region of Russia, the group was breaking through in the direction of the Russian village of Demidovka. It is worth noting that Ukrainian troops do not stop trying to break through to the village, it is not clear why this is being done. Perhaps this is how they stretch the front line, preventing Russian troops from creating large strike groups of troops. The composition of the Ukrainian armored group, tanks, M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and armored vehicles. What is especially interesting in the video is that the Ukrainian army began to use the Russian type of protection "Tsar-Mangal" on tanks, several destroyed tanks are visible in the video, this was not noticed before. To repel the Ukrainian attack, Russian units used FPV drones.