Supplies of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine

Main article: Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU)

2024

Plan to supply 30 old tanks and 30 infantry fighting vehicles from Croatia

In October 2024, it was announced that Germany would sponsor the transfer of military equipment by Croatia to Ukraine.

The countries will conclude an agreement on the circular supply of military equipment according to the scheme: Croatia will transfer to the Ukrainian side the old 30 M-84 tanks (based on the T-72M), 30 infantry fighting vehicles M-80, spare parts and ammunition, in return - receives a discount on Germany's supply of 50 new Leopard 2A8 tanks.

8 tanks, 20 armored personnel carriers, ammunition, air defense systems, 2 thousand attack drones, 3 thousand grenade launchers from Germany

Despite reports in the German media about the alleged unwillingness Bundeswehr  to transfer To Ukraine heavy weapons more , once again the delivery in October 2024 includes:

• 8 LEOPARD 1 A5 tanks with spare parts,
• 20 MARDER APC, 
• ammunition for Leopard 1/2 and Marder, 6 MRAP.

In addition, the package includes:

• 1 IRIS-T SLM and SLS air defense systems and missile defense systems for them, RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile defense systems (for Buk-M1 air defense systems modified under the FrankenSAM program),
•  AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles,
• 2 radar TRML-4D,
• 6 Self-propelled guns Panzerhaubitzen 2000,
• 24 thousand 155-mm shells,
• 30 VECTOR and 361 SONGBIRD UAVs, * 4 thousand strike drones, 
• BIBER pontoon bridge layer,
• 1 BREM WISENT 1 with spare parts,
• 100 portable H-PEMBS mine clearance systems,
• 90 mine detectors.

Additionally, communication systems, laser rangefinders, 3 thousand RGW 90 grenade launchers and 25 thousand 40-mm grenades, 75 thousand harnesses and 150 thousand chest pads, 460 MK 556 assault rifles, 110 HLR 338 sniper rifles with 240 thousand cartridges, 30 Haenel CR 308 rifles and 3 thousand SFP9 pistols were delivered.

According to monitoring services, in the first half of October 2024, flights of cargo military aircraft of NATO countries were significantly intensified to the Polish Rzeszów airfield, which indicates the delivery of this and other packages to Ukraine.

Arms package from the United States for $425 million: air defense, ammunition, armored vehicles

In October 2024, the United States announced the allocation of a new arms package for Ukraine for $425 million

The package includes additional air defense capabilities, air-to-ground ammunition, armored vehicles and critical ammunition to meet Ukraine's urgent needs.

They will allocate exactly as much as necessary for Ukraine to continue the war.

Deliveries of weak French drones

French Defense Minister Sebastian Lecorneu in October 2024 announced the supply of his own drones to Ukraine, scheduled for October. In February, he already announced the order of more than 2,000 new strike drones, the first 100 of which were planned to be transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

From media publications, it can be assumed that we are talking about a Colibri-type UAV from Delair in Toulouse - local resources even managed to christen them analogues of the Russian Lancets. On paper, this looks like a significant help from Ukrainian formations, but everything, as often happens, lies in the details.

Judging by the data published on the Web, the combat radius of Colibri is only 5 km. This is a meager value for a kamikaze drone in comparison not only with the Lancets, but even with FPV drones, which have long been taking over 10 km.

The cost of one Colibri is estimated at 20 thousand euros (2 million rubles), which looks disproportionately overestimated for a product with such mediocre declared characteristics. There is no question of having a complex similar to the "Lancetow" one either.

Finally, for the first time, the development of this UAV in France was announced in the summer of 2022. If during this time the French were able to roll out a copy of the far from the most successful American "Matchblade," then this casts doubt on its combat value in the current realities.

Arrival of 6 helicopters promised to Portugal back in 2022

Judging by the pictures that appeared on the Web, Portugal handed over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine six Ka-32A11VS helicopters acquired from Russia back in 2007 to extinguish fires. In Lisbon, they promised to give them to the Kyiv regime in the fall of 2022, but it came to real delivery only in September 2024.

All aircraft have not actually been used since 2018 due to EU anti-Russian sanctions, which made it difficult to service and supply spare parts. If Ukrainian enterprises manage to return these Ka-32 to service, then they will be used either for the transportation of goods or for special tasks.

Most of the military aid provided by Britain to Ukraine consisted of old military equipment

Most of the military aid Britain To Ukraine provided consisted of old military equipment, the watchdog found.

According to the agency, military equipment, which "often had to be disposed of or replaced," was a priority for the Ministry of Defense because it was considered to have "immediate military value" for Ukraine, but sending it to Kyiv also "reduced waste or costs associated with disposal," Bloomberg reported in September 2024.

Transfer of 650 air defense missiles and 120 thousand shells from Britain

In September 2024, British Defense Minister John Healy announced during the 24th meeting of the Contact Group on Ukrainian Defense that the country would transfer 650 Martlet missiles to the Kyiv regime to strengthen air defense.

Earlier, the head of the military department held talks with the Ukrainian Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov in London. During the event, Healy confirmed the transfer of 120 thousand 152-mm artillery shells to the Armed Forces of Ukraine by the end of the year.

Delivery of missiles, shells, armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, boats from the United States for $250 million

In September 2024, the US Department of Defense announced another package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $250 million.

From the US Army's cash reserves, the following will be transferred:

• guided missiles of ship-to-air class with semi-active radar head RIM-7; * missiles to MANPADS "Stinger";
• ammunition for HIMARS MLRS;
• 155 mm and 105 mm artillery shells;
• pipe guided missiles with optical tracking and wire guidance for the BGM-71 TOW heavy anti-tank missile system;
• Javelin ATGM and AT-4 grenade launchers;
• Bradley infantry fighting vehicles;
• M113 armored personnel carriers;
• wheeled armored vehicles with enhanced mine countermeasures MRAP;
• small arms ammunition and grenades;
• patrol boats;
• marine training equipment;
• equipment and ammunition for subversive activities;
• spare parts and auxiliary equipment.

Another American package of military assistance to Ukraine is comparable to all previous tranches and is designed to meet the most urgent needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including air defense equipment, ammunition for MLRS and artillery, armored vehicles and anti-tank weapons.

APUs use British robot dogs in war zone

In mid-August 2024, it became known that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) began to use robotic BAD.2 dogs developed by the British company Brit Alliance in the combat zone in Donbass. These machines are used for reconnaissance and search of mines. More details here.

The total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine during the reign of Joe Biden exceeded $56.2 billion

In August 2024, the Pentagon announced that the total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine during the reign of Joe Biden exceeded $56.2 billion.

MANPADS, ATGM and ammunition from the United States for $125 million

In August 2024, the United States announced a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $125 million.

Of the available US Army reserves, the following will be transferred:

• Stinger MANPADS;
• HIMARS MLRS ammunition;
• 155 mm and 105 mm artillery shells;
• Multifunctional radars;
• TOW ATGM;
• Javelin ATGMs and AT-4 anti-tank grenade launchers;
• Sanitary machines based on HMMWV;
• Small arms cartridges;
• Demolition ammunition to clear obstacles;
• Unnamed equipment to protect critical national infrastructure;
• Spare parts and other auxiliary equipment.

Delivery of 8 old Leopard 1A5 tanks and 21 thousand shells from Germany

In July 2024, the German government announced the supply to Ukraine of eight more old Leopard 1A5 tanks, along with spare parts, as part of a joint project with Denmark. The aid package also included two Bergepanzer 2 BREMs and 21 thousand shells for the Gerard anti-aircraft self-propelled gun.

It is characteristic that messages about the transfer of new parties "Leopard-1" to the Armed Forces of Ukraine appear almost every month. However, if the same American "Bradley" regularly flashes in the reports, then these German tanks last fell into the frame almost in the fall of 2023.

The appearance of a huge number of FPV drones over the battlefield made adjustments to the tactics of using equipment on both sides of the front. And the existing certain shortage of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles additionally limits the Armed Forces of Ukraine in their use, especially light armored vehicles like Leopard 1A5.

The situation was slightly shone by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung report^[1] on 44 Ombr APU, which has machines of this type.

As expected, due to weak reservations, brigade personnel use them almost exclusively in the role of "mobile artillery" for firing from closed firing positions. For direct fire, Leopards-1 is used extremely rarely at night, when there are fewer FPV drones in the air.

Another problem is the lack of components: German tanks have to put filters from tractors and rubber shoes on their own tracks - the original ones wear out quickly. But this does not cover the deficit, which is why "cannibalization" with the disassembly of only cars for spare parts is commonplace.

In an attempt to somehow improve the low security of the Leopards released back in the 1970s, the Contact-1 dynamic protection units were installed on some of them, but they are also not enough for the entire park. The members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine call good sights and the presence of a thermal imager the advantage of tanks.

A similar situation developed with the French wheel tanks of the AMX-10RC: after the failed debut in June 2023, they practically did not appear on the front line.

The European Commission illegally sends 1.5 billion euros from income on Russian assets to compensate countries that supplied weapons to Ukraine

In July 2024, the European Commission announced the allocation for the purchase of weapons for Ukraine of the first tranche of 1.5 billion euros of income from the assets of the Russian Federation, which is an illegal operation.

Kyiv will not directly receive income from the assets of the Russian Federation, the money will go to the World Fund to compensate the EU countries for weapons.

Plan to supply two surveillance aircraft, missiles, ammunition and about 200 armored personnel carriers from Sweden worth $1.3 billion

On May 29, 2024, it became known that Sweden would provide two Saab ASC 890 surveillance aircraft to Ukraine as part of the largest military aid package from the Scandinavian country by this time.

The package also included anti-aircraft missiles, ammunition, Pansarbandvagn tracked armored personnel carriers. In October, personnel appeared on the Web with the movement of a train with Swedish Pansarbandvagn 302 armored vehicles heading for Ukraine. The delivery of about 200 units of this type was agreed in May 2024.

These armored personnel carriers are not the newest development of the Swedish military-industrial complex dating back to the 1960s, so at this time they are considered outdated. However, on both sides of the front you can find more rare examples of weapons of the Cold War era.

Also, Swedish engineers periodically modified their Pansarbandvagn 302, retrofitting them with anti-tank grenade launchers AT-4 and RBS-56 ATGM complexes.

The aid is estimated at 13.3 billion kronor ($1.3 billion). Planes with Erieye radars, which can be used to detect drones, missiles and aircraft, as well as naval targets, will be deployed along with F-16 fighters donated by Europe.

The effective range of the onboard radar reaches 400 km, but under some conditions it may exceed this number, which will significantly simplify the detection of missiles, drones, and aviation of the Russian Armed Forces in the border zone.

It is not yet known how many copies the Swedes will transfer and when, given that the Swedish Air Force has two sides in total, they are replaced by the latest AWACS aircraft of the GlobalEye system.

At the same time, the training period is even longer than on fighters due to the difficulty in deploying airborne equipment. So either the transfer will take place much later, or the crews have been training for a long time. Or they will be replaced by Swedish pilots under the legend of mercenaries.

The Saab 340B radar operates in two 120-degree sectors, and its blind spots are its tail and nose. But even at the same time, one such aircraft can block an entire direction, being at a distance from the front line.

10 tanks, 20 machine guns, 54 UAVs, fuel trucks and ammunition from Germany

At the end of May 2024, Germany published updated data on the supply of military equipment to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. For almost a month since the last data update (April 29) delivered:

• 10 Leopard 1A5 tanks (together with Denmark);

• 20 MG3 machine guns for armored vehicles;
• 8500 155 mm artillery ammunition;

• 1 BEAVER bridge layer with spare parts;
• 1 armored engineering vehicle DACHS;
• 1 BRAM Bergepanzer 2 with spare parts;
• 4 WISENT 1 release machines with spare parts;
• 2 mine trawls;
• 16 Zetros fuel trucks;

• 540 MK 556 rifles;
• 80 HLR 338 rifles;
• 111 CR 308 rifles;
• 1.8 million rounds of small arms;

• 20 VECTOR UAVS;
• 34 HEIDRUN UAVS;

• 400 LED lamps.

Raketas, MANPADS, MLRS, shells, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, ATGM and boats from the United States for $400 million

On May 10, 2024, the United States announced a new tranche of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $400 million.

Of the available US Army reserves, the following will be transferred:

• Additional missiles for Patriot air defense systems;
• Additional missiles for NASAMS air defense systems;
• Stinger MANPADS;
• Equipment for the integration of Western launchers, missiles and radars into the Ukrainian air defense system;
• Additional HIMARS MLRS and ammunition for them;
• 155 mm and 105 mm artillery shells of caliber;
• Bradley BMP;
• M113 ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER;
• MRAP-class armored vehicles;
• Heavy machinery trailers;
• TOW ATGM;
• Javelin ATGM and AT-4 anti-tank grenade launchers;
• High-precision aviation ammunition of an unnamed type;
• HARM anti-radar missiles;
• Small arms and additional cartridges for them, as well as grenades;
• Demolition ammunition and obstacle clearing equipment;
• River patrol boats;
• Radiation, chemical and biological protection equipment;
• Spare parts, training equipment and other auxiliary equipment.

31 F-16 fighters from Denmark and Norway, ammunition, air defense and armored personnel carriers from the United States

In April 2024, several countries announced new packages of military assistance to Ukraine.

Denmark

• 19 F-16 fighters.

Norway

• 22 F-16 fighters, of which 12 are operational, and the rest for spare parts.

UNITED STATES:

• ammunition, including 155 mm shells for NATO howitzers
• HIMARS missiles (including ATACMS tactical missiles)
• equipment and ammunition for air defense
• Bradley, Humvee and M113 armored personnel carriers.

Lithuania

• n/a number of command and staff armored vehicles M577

So far, most positions lack any specifics, but in the near future a meeting in the Ramstein format will take place, at which NATO countries will announce the help of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Deliveries of 400 armored vehicles, missiles, including long-range missiles from Britain for 500 million pounds

Britain will send more missiles to Ukraine as part of the largest package of military assistance to the country, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in April 2024. The amount of the new package is 500 million pounds ($620 million).

• 400 vehicles (160 Husky armored vehicles, 162 unnamed MRAP, 78 all-terrain vehicles)
• 60 raid and diving boats and boats
• 60 Type n/a drones
• 1,600 strike and anti-aircraft missiles (including Storm Shadow cruise missiles with accurate guidance and firing range of more than 250 kilometers)
• four million units of ammunition.

Patriot Air Defense System Delivery Plan from Germany

In April 2024, it became known that Ukraine would receive from Germany another Patriot missile defense system and ammunition for it.

US sells air defense systems to Ukraine for $138 million

On April 10, 2024, the US State Department approved the emergency sale of air defense parts for Ukraine for $138 million, while a much larger aid package was stuck in Congress.

The funds will go to repair and spare parts for the previously delivered old MIM-23 Hawk air defense systems. The contractors for the work will be Raytheon and PROJECTXYZ.

Earlier in March, in Washington, about the same way allocated assistance in the amount of $300 million to meet the "most acute requests" of the APU.

In early April, the United States handed over to Ukraine weapons and ammunition seized from intercepted Iranian supplies to the Houthis in Yemen.

Speed ​ ​ boats "Uisco" from Finland

In March 2024, Romania reported that the Finns had handed over Uisco-type high-speed boats to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

These watercraft withdraw from the Finnish troops, therefore it was decided to transfer them to Ukraine. They can reach speeds of up to 65 km/h, equipped with a machine gun and grenade launcher.

10 thousand drones from Britain for $159 million

Britain will supply Ukraine with another 10,000 drones as part of a new $159 million military aid package. This was announced on March 7, 2024 by British Defense Minister Grant Shapps during a visit to Kyiv.

Most of that will be spent on FPV drones, but several strike, reconnaissance and maritime drones will also be delivered.

Earlier in January, representatives of the British Defense Ministry reported on the supply of a batch of drones with a total value of $255 million.

In total, Britain's costs for the supply of drones for Ukraine by this time amount to $414 million.

The costs of Europe and the United States to support Ukraine exceeded $155 billion

The Netherlands will provide Ukraine with an additional six F-16 fighters. Total - 24

On February 5, 2024, Ukraine announced that the Netherlands would provide six additional F-16 fighters.

Thus, the total number of these aircraft that the country is preparing to transfer to Ukraine will reach 24.

Pentagon lost $1 billion in weapons and equipment for Ukraine

On January 10, 2024, a report by the Inspector General of the US Department of Defense was published, which states that the responsible structures of the department do not properly track the supply of weapons to Ukraine. As a result, the Pentagon actually lost tens of thousands of combat units worth over $1 billion.

As of June 2023, the United States transferred to Ukraine 10 thousand Javelin anti-tank portable systems, 2500 Stinger portable anti-aircraft missile systems, 750 Switchblade kamikaze drones, 430 medium-range air-to-air missiles, as well as 23 thousand night vision devices. How many of these products are "lost" is not specified in the report.

Officials, and Pentagon State Department other experts say that it is almost impossible to account for each of the thousands of weapons sent to Ukraine. The chaos of military operations, the risk of travel and the lack of personnel in Washington, Kyiv and the logistics center To Poland in all hinder thorough oversight. At the same time, officials claim that "there were no signs of large-scale smuggling or improper handling of weapons."

In one example, based on a sample of 303 pieces of equipment sent to Ukraine from February 2022 to March 2023, it was established that American officials took into account 47 of them when passing through logistics centers in Poland and inventoried 15 units that arrived in Ukraine. Thus, the bulk of the weapon was lost.

Acting US Under Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Alexandra N. Baker said that the accounting procedures applied are "impractical in a dynamic and hostile wartime environment."^[2]

10 infantry fighting vehicles, 2 radars, 47 trucks, 2 demining vehicles and ammunition from Germany

In January 2024, the German government published data on the first package of military assistance to Ukraine this year. It included:

• ammunition for Leopard 2A6 tanks;
• ten Marder infantry fighting vehicles;
• missiles for Iris-T air defense system;
• Oerlikon Skynex anti-aircraft artillery complex. This production complex Rheinmetall was first sent to Ukraine.

• two multifunctional TRML-4D radars;
• 9 thousand artillery shells of caliber 155-mm;
• two "Wisent 1 MC" demining vehicles
• tank bridge-laying device "BIBER";
• 47 trucks of various models;
• 6.7 million rounds for small arms;
• 1.1 thousand winter masking networks.

In addition, four Iris-T SLM air defense systems and one Oerlikon Skynex anti-aircraft artillery complex are being prepared for shipment to Ukraine in Berlin.

2023

Raketas, shells and cartridges worth $250 million from the United States

The last in 2023 package of military assistance to Ukraine from the United States in the amount of $250 million.

It included:

• additional rockets for NASAMS;
• anti-aircraft missiles to MANPADS Stinger;
• Components for BOP systems
• additional missiles for HIMARS;
• artillery shells of calibers 155 and 105 mm;
• TOW anti-tank missiles;
• Javelin anti-tank systems and AT-4 hand grenade launchers;
• more than 15 million rounds of small arms;
• demolition charges to clear obstacles;
• spare parts, medical, repair and other auxiliary equipment.

Soviet MANPADS S-300, Osa-AKM, Kub and S-200 from Bulgaria

In December 2023, the Bulgarian authorities approved the supply of "faulty MANPADS" and other anti-aircraft missiles of various types to Ukraine. Earlier in the fall, a bill was submitted to the country's parliament on the transfer of non-working S-300 complexes to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In total, the Bulgarians have S-300 launchers, as well as Osa-AKM, outdated Kub and S-200. However, at this time, Ukrainian formations are experiencing a shortage of ammunition for Soviet air defense systems, so they will willingly accept even old missiles.

Continued supplies of ammunition from Azerbaijan through third countries in violation of agreements with Russia

In December 2023, the Ukrainian activist decided to boast that a certain "partner country" organized the production of 122-mm shells and posted personnel from the workshops.

However, the journalist of the RTVI channel noticed in the recordings and photographs information stands with the symbols of Palladium Defense and Security Solutions, an Azerbaijani company headquartered in Baku. She is officially a partner of Ukroboronprom, which can be seen on the official website of the enterprise.

In fact, this is the first objective evidence of the manufacture and supply by Azerbaijan of ammunition for the Kyiv regime. This is most likely also happening with the money of Britain: according to the exact same scheme, Azerbaijanis previously sent demining equipment to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Delivery of 18 Korean self-propelled guns Krab from Poland

At the end of November 2023, the Poles delivered 18 Korean Krab self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine. The Krab contract was concluded back in June.

The largest export agreement for the Polish military industry (worth more than $700 million) was concluded through a South Korean enterprise .

Krab is a self-propelled howitzer on a tracked chassis manufactured by Huta Stalowa Wola in conjunction with Samsung Techwin. The agreement was signed back in 2014, and in March 2023, Seoul allowed Warsaw to re-export these howitzers. Thus, the self-propelled guns transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine are essentially South Korean K9: since 2014, the Poles have not been able to ensure full local production and are still purchasing, among other things, the most important part - the power supply.

Due to its structure, howitzers do not cope with all types of relief and are not mobile enough in combat conditions. In addition, the declared maximum range of their firing up to 40 km in fact is about 25 km.

Shells, cartridges, grenade launchers, drones and cars from Germany

In early December 2023, the German Federal Government published information on the next package of military assistance to Ukraine, which includes:

• 3840 artillery shells of caliber 155-mm;
• 2 armored border vehicles;
• 1 mobile antenna mast;
• 25 laser rangefinders;
• 5 devices for BpA detection;
• 4 MAN HX81 8X8 truck tractors;
• 8 Zetros trucks;
• 3 passenger cars;
• 15 HLR338 sniper rifles and 60 thousand rounds of ammunition.

A few days later, the Federal Republic of Germany announced a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, which included 1,750 artillery shells, 70 automatic grenade launchers, about ten drones, trucks and first-aid kits, which relatively past trenches are extremely scarce supplies, unable to meet the needs of Ukrainian formations even for a day.

Australian authorities, meanwhile, plan to transfer additional Bushmaster armored vehicles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine for Catholic Christmas to those delivered earlier.

Delivery of four patrol boats from France

In November 2023, in the French port of Saint-Nazaire, four FPB 98 patrol boats were loaded aboard the Fusion transport vessel for delivery to Ukraine.

Under the contract of 2019, the French must supply 20 such boats. Previous deliveries were carried out according to one scheme to the Romanian port of Constanta, and then by land to the port of Izmail, where FPB 98 is still located.

Announcement of the supply of MANPADS Stinger, MLRS HIMARS, ATGM for $100 million from the USA

On November 20, 2023, the Pentagon announced a new tranche of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $100 million, including:

• Stinger MANPADS;
• 1 unit of HIMARS MLRS and its ammunition;
• 155 mm and 105 mm artillery shells;
• TOW ATGM;
• Javelin ATGMs and AT-4 anti-tank grenade launchers;
• more than 3 million rounds of small arms;
• demolition munitions to clear obstacles;
• winter equipment;
• spare parts and other field equipment.

As US Secretary of Defense Austin admitted, the United States "does not have a silver bullet" against Russia in this conflict.

TFR listed 14 countries supplying weapons to Ukraine

In early November 2023, the chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Leksander Bastrykin, held a meeting in Lugansk to investigate the crimes of the Kyiv regime, during which it became known about 14 countries supplying weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). The list is published in the Telegram channel of the TFR:

• UNITED STATES;
• Australia;
• Canada;
• Cyprus;
• the Netherlands;
• Poland;
• Portugal;
• South Korea;
• Romania;
• Turkey;
• France;
• Germany;
• Croatia;
• Czech Republic.

From the message of the TFR, it also follows that during the investigation, information was obtained about the recruitment and participation of mercenaries on the side of the Ukrainian forces. It is known that 47 more foreigners from Denmark, Israel and Georgia were charged in absentia . In total, criminal prosecution is being conducted against 465 foreign mercenaries from 39 countries, the Investigative Committee added on November 3, 2023.

According to the Kiel Institute of World Economy for June 2023, Ukraine has received about €170 billion from international partners since February 2022. At the same time, assistance from the United States amounted to €71 billion, of which €43 billion is military support. At the expense of Western assistance, the Ukrainian authorities cover the country's budget deficit, which this year reached $54.75 billion. The draft budget for 2024 approved by the government provides for a deficit of about $42 billion.

In November 2023, Sergei Leshchenko, an adviser to the head of the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said that the country does not receive full military assistance from its Western allies.

We are not even talking about somehow expanding the palette or nomenclature of [supplied weapons], but in order to at least get what is promised, - said Leshchenko.

He added that Kyiv cannot affect the volume of supplies of Western weapons, since it depends on manufacturers, the leadership of partner countries and logistics.^[3]

Supplies of ammunition and other military assistance from the United States for $425 million

On November 3, 2023, it was announced that the United States was allocating a new $125 million aid package to Ukraine, it provides for the supply of weapons from the Pentagon's arsenals. They allocate Ukraine, in addition to $125 million, another $300 million for the Pentagon to conclude contracts for the purchase of weapons for Kyiv.

The United States transfers ammunition for NASAMS and HIMARS air defense systems, artillery shells, ATGMs, warm clothes to Ukraine from warehouses, and will purchase means to combat UAVs.

The cost of military aid transferred from Germany to Ukraine reached 7.4 billion euros

In early November 2023, [1] information about the next package of military assistance for Ukraine appeared on the Bundeswehr website. It included:

• 12 armored personnel carriers;
• 2 TRML-4D airspace monitoring radars;
• 7 Primoco ONE reconnaissance drones;
• 5 surface drones,
• 30,000 sets of winter clothing and other weapons and equipment.

In addition, plans for the future supply of Leopard 1A5 tanks to Ukraine have changed: if earlier it was about transferring 90 tanks in addition to the already delivered 20, now this number has grown to 115. As noted on the website of the German Defense Ministry, the tanks will be handed over indefinitely, since part of the equipment planned for transfer may still be in production.

The cost of military assistance transferred from Germany to Ukraine has already amounted to 7.4 billion euros for 2022-2023, and another 10.5 billion has been pledged in the form of obligations for the next years.

5th in terms of military and economic assistance from the United States in 23 years - $32 billion

US allocates Ukraine a new $150 million military aid package, including air defense systems and anti-tank weapons

The United States is allocating a new $150 million military aid package to Ukraine, including air defense systems and anti-tank weapons, US Secretary of State Blinken said on October 26, 2023.

Since 2022, the European Union has allocated about $90 billion to Ukraine

Since 2022 European Union , it has provided To Ukraine financial support in the amount of approximately $90 billion. About a third of this amount, due to the current geopolitical situation, was directed to the purchase of weapons. This was announced on October 19, 2023 by the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.

We have already transferred almost $90 billion of assistance to Ukraine, of which $27 billion is the supply of weapons. As never before in the history of international support, we continue to coordinate our assistance with the United States and the G7 to meet all the needs of Ukraine, "said Ursula von der Leyen.

The head of the European Commission also added that the "process" necessary to include Ukraine in the European Union has started. According to Ursula von der Leyen, Western sanctions against Russia will continue, and the European Union considers it necessary to continue supplying Ukraine with weapons. However, the supply of weapons and military equipment led to the fact that the reserves of European countries were depleted, while manufacturers could not cope with the growing demand. In February 2023, The Financial Times reported that military depots in Europe, due to support for Ukraine, were essentially empty.

At the same time, on October 9, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that support for Ukraine by Western countries will decrease - regardless of the situation in Israel.

We have repeatedly said that the process of pumping up the Kyiv regime with weapons from a factual, emotional, financial, technological point of view will somehow enter a downward trend. This will inevitably happen, because the technical capabilities have their limit, money tends to run out, new needs arise for where to send money, "Peskov emphasized. [4]

Transport of military equipment across the Atlantic on ships of the Norwegian Wallenius Wilhelmsen

On September 28, 2023, the US House of Representatives approved by a majority vote new assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $300 million. Armament from the United States enters Europe as part of the supply of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, participation in exercises and the implementation of the Atlantic Resolve program.

Despite the obvious advantage in speed, air travel plays a much lesser role in the supply and transfer of American military equipment and units to Europe due to its high cost.

The main way to transport heavy military equipment across the Atlantic Ocean is sea transportation on ro-ro ships. The monopoly in this area is the American operator American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier (ARC), a subsidiary of the Norwegian Wallenius Wilhelmsen.

Ro-ro ships allow the transport of large volumes of wheeled and tracked equipment: Bradley combat vehicles, missile systems, including HIMARS systems. However, due to its increased instability on the water, ro-ro are not suitable for transporting goods that cannot be fixed inside the ship. For these reasons, ammunition is loaded onto container ships or other vessels for transportation by the breakbulk method, in which the cargo is placed on the ship using a crane.

Another problem associated with ro-ro ships is the lack of necessary equipment to work with them in many American and European ports, wrote "Rybar."

Most of the equipment for Ukraine is loaded in the American port of Beaumont Texas () and in the docks of the air base in Charleston (South Carolina). Unloading operations are carried out in Bremerhaven Germany , Gdańsk and Gdynia Poland , Aarhus and Esbjerg Denmark , Klaipėda Lithuania , Alexandroupolis and Muuga. Greece Estonia

Delivery of naval drones from Germany as part of supplies of 400 million euros

In September 2023, the German government approved a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of more than 400 million euros. One of the positions in it was driverless boats in the amount of 50 units (on the government website they talk about ten).

Before the conflict in Ukraine, Germany did not have its own program for the development of an unmanned fleet, and everything in service was purchased abroad. It was also noted in Forbes.

The Bundeswehr in 2016 acquired only one ARCIMS drone from the British company Atlas Elektronik UK. Outwardly, it looks like a jet scooter, which have already used the Armed Forces of Ukraine for attacks on Sevastopol, but the option with German origin can most likely be taken away, the Rybar channel wrote.

The most common type of drone from the German Navy was the autonomous underwater vehicle Remus-100, which in Berlin for more than ten years was purchased in batches from the United States. The exact number of them remains in question.

But it was precisely this type of drone that was discussed with high probability, only they were put in Ukraine a few months ago. Earlier they wrote about the test of the V-BAT UAV, which crashed near Odessa. So they used Remus-100 to search for the wreckage.

And unlike other types of BeKov, which are semi-submersible, Remus can operate underwater at a depth of 100 meters, which reduces its visibility. Its use even to monitor BSF makes it an extremely dangerous means.

Delivery of 45 tanks from Denmark

The Danish Ministry of Defense in September 2023 announced the transfer of an additional 30 Leopard-1 tanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine: earlier, the country, together with Germany, agreed to supply 80 vehicles of this type to Ukraine. The Danes also announced their readiness to send the Kyiv regime 15 T-72 tanks purchased from the third state.

The Leopard-1 have weak armor, but nothing prevents them from being used as "mobile artillery." Reserves of ammunition for rifled guns "Leopards-1" in the West are enough.

Delivery of two demining vehicles from South Korea

The South Korean edition of Chosun Ilbo in September 2023 reported that in Seoul they decided to send two engineering demining vehicles (IMR) to Ukraine. K600 Preliminary agreements on this appeared back in May, but it came to the start of delivery only now.

K600 was created on the basis of the South Korean tank K1A1. K600 are new products, they began to be produced only a couple of years ago.

New deliveries of prohibited cluster ammunition and air defense from the United States for $325 million

In September 2023, the United States announced a new arms package for Ukraine amid a split in Congress over increased aid.

US President Joe Biden promised to supply Ukraine with additional air defense systems and prohibited cluster munitions after a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on September 21 in Washington, an attempt to support Ukrainian military action, despite growing opposition from Republicans in Congress.

Its size is estimated at $325 million and is formed from funds already approved by Congress for the period until the end of September.

What's inside:

• Raketas AIM-9M for air defense systems, apparently NASAMS;
• Avenger SAM;
• Add. b/c HIMARS;
• 155-mm shells, cassette shells;

105 mm shells;

• ATGM TOW, Javelin, AT-4 grenade launchers;
• 12.7 mm machine guns, as indicated - "for anti-drone purposes";
• 59 LTV machines;
• engineering ammunition;
• 3 million rounds of small arms;
• equipment, spare parts, equipment.

Deliveries of air defense systems, radar, ammunition, BpLA, and trucks from Germany

In August 2023, it became known about the next package of military assistance, Germany To Ukraine which includes:

• 2 IRIS-T SLS air defense launchers;
• 4,386 155 mm ammunition;
• 10 ground surveillance radar stations GO12;
• 8 trucks 8Kh8 with a special loading system (Wechselladesystem) for transporting platforms and containers with equipment or ammunition.

Later that month, deliveries from Germany were announced:

• Raketas for the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system (SAM);
• 40 reconnaissance BpLA RQ-35 Heidrun (used for reconnaissance at low altitudes)
• 10 drone detection systems;
• 16 Zetros trucks;
• 510,000 rounds of small arms.

Raketas, shells, ATGMs and 37 tractors from the United States for $200 million

The next, 44th package of military assistance USA from within the framework of presidential assignments (PDA), is relatively small - by 200 million. dollars

• Additional missiles for Patriot air defense systems;
• Additional shells for MLRS HIMARS;
• Demining equipment;
• 155 and 105 mm artillery shots;
• 120 mm tank shots;
• ATGM TOW, Javelin, other anti-tank weapons and ammunition for them;
• 37 tractors;
• 58 water tankers;
• Over 12 million rounds of small arms;
• Equipment for barring;
• SIS, tools and other field equipment.

There are no armored vehicles (with ongoing losses), there are no engineering equipment (only equipment of an unknown nomenclature so far), there are no artillery pieces, there are no new air defense systems either.

Russian Defense Ministry estimates arms supplies to Ukraine in the amount of more than $160 billion since the beginning of the conflict

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense for August 2023, since February 2022, Ukraine has received hundreds of tanks, more than four thousand armored fighting vehicles, more than a thousand artillery pieces and dozens of modern MLRS and Western-made air defense installations worth over $160 billion.

According to the Rybar channel, the total amount of military assistance from foreign states to Ukraine during the conflict until September 2023 amounted to $128.7 billion.

2 Patriot SAM installations, binoculars and glasses from Germany

The next package of military assistance to Ukraine from Germany became known in August 2023.

The Ukrainian troops were transferred:

• 2 Patriot SAM launchers;
• 6,705 155mm smoke ammunition;
• 1163 binoculars;
• 20,000 tactical points.

Promised for transfer:

• 10 Bandvagn 206 tracked vehicles;
• 5 machines for GPSU;
• 4 VECTOR reconnaissance drones;
• 6 trucks 8x8 HX81 and 6 trailers;
• 2 8x6 trucks with interchangeable body and 1 additional body;
• 100 MG5 machine guns;
• 40,000 first-aid kits;
• 80,000 tactical points;
• Explosive ordnance disposal equipment.

Supplies from the United States for $400 million: 32 armored personnel carriers, missiles for air defense, MANPADS and shells

At the end of July 2023, the Pentagon announced another package of military assistance for Ukraine for $400 million. It included:

• Additional missiles to Patriot and NASAMS air defense systems;
• Stinger MANPADS, Javelin ATGM and TOW;
• Additional missiles to HIMARS;
• 155 and 105 mm projectiles;
• 120 and 60 mm mortar mines;
• 32 Stryker armored personnel carriers;
• micro UAV helicopter type Black Hornet Nano;
• NAR Hydra-70;
• Tactical air navigation systems;
• Obstacle Clearance Ammunition:
• More than 28 million rounds of small arms and grenades;
• Night vision devices and thermal imagers.

Purchase of ammunition for $350 million at very high prices in Romania, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria

Most of the arms supplies to Ukraine were carried out at prohibitive prices. In July alone, Ukrainian businesses imported nearly $350 million worth of ammunition. And that's beyond deals under military aid provided by the U.S. and other allies. The lion's share of deliveries was carried out by exporters from Eastern Europe - Romania, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria.

So, in July, Ukraine received 131 shipments of Bulgarian ammunition totaling more than $90 million. Many of them entered the country through Polish arms export companies.

In October 2023, documents appeared on the network confirming that despite the assurances of Bulgarian officials about "fair and competitive prices corresponding to the current market situation," the Kyiv regime purchased Bulgarian weapons at exorbitant prices.

So, among the most expensive shells received by the Armed Forces of Ukraine this year, 122-mm missiles for Grad installations are listed.

On July 3, Ukraine received more than six thousand 122-mm shells produced by the Bulgarian arms factory VMZ at a price of 1196 US dollars apiece. According to import reports, they were delivered through the Polish enterprise Alpha.

On July 13, the Armed Forces of Ukraine received another two and a half thousand shells of the same caliber at a price of $1,140 from the Czech company STV Group. At the same time, according to Sky News, the maximum price of Iranian supplies of similar types of weapons for Russia is $726 per shell. Some sources put the price at $500.

On July 18, the cost of one shell in the supply of the Polish company Alpha through the Ukrainian state-owned enterprise Progress reached as much as US $5,434.

The situation is similar with 152 mm shells. According to the documentation, on July 5, Ukraine received a thousand such ammunition from a Bulgarian manufacturer through the Agency for Strategic Reserves of the Government of Poland at a price of about $3,000 per shell. However, according to the documents, ~: text=Sky% 2520News% 2520has% 2520previously% 2520reported, to% 2520a% 2520number% 2520of% 2520experts. obtained by Sky News from an anonymous security source, Russia pays Iran no more than $1,190 for 152mm projectiles as part of a deal struck in September 2022.

The little-known company Alpha was founded in Warsaw back in 2005 and has been trading in weapons products since then. Alfa first appeared in the partners of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense in April 2022 - then three contracts were concluded with it, for each of which the company received 50% in advance. However, they were not implemented: only a tenth of the ammunition arrived, and even then with a great delay. But this did not prevent Ukrainians from concluding more and more new contracts with the Poles, and soon Alpha became one of the largest debtors of the Ministry of Defense. By the beginning of 2023, the debt under various contracts amounted to more than three and a half billion hryvnia. At the same time, in the first half of 2023, data on the company in Polish registers have already changed four times.

But something else is interesting about this story. Just five days after the signing of direct agreements with Alpha, the Ministry of Defense signed contracts with the importer of Progress weapons. Moreover, the Ukrainian company was supposed to supply all the same types of ammunition as the Polish one directly. The agreements with the Poles in Progress were overseen by ex-Deputy Minister of Defense Alexander Mironyuk, searches in corruption cases for which have long become a common thing. And it would seem that there is nothing wrong with deliveries directly and through an intermediary. However, it's all about price. In the direct agreements of Alpha and in the contracts of Progress, it was strikingly different.

Thus, the Polish company was supposed to supply 122-mm shots for howitzers D-30/2S1 760 euros each, and the Ukrainian Progress - 1195 euros each. The difference in the price of the same shells, contracted with a difference of five days, reached 57%. Of course, the Polish contractor performed the Progress contract much more efficiently than its own: Alpha delivered only 10%, and Progress supplied 80% with weapons.

According to journalists, the defense department only directly concluded at least seven agreements with Alpha in the amount of $596 million. Even though the Polish firm systematically failed to meet its obligations.

New deliveries from the United States for $1.3 billion and a plan to transfer 20 MiG-29 from Poland

In July 2023, the United States announced the allocation of a new $1.3 billion military aid package to Ukraine, and Poland will transfer 20 more MiG-29 fighters.

The new US aid package will include:

• 4 NASAMS SAM;
• artillery shells (152 mm);
• demining equipment;
• TOW;
• Phoenix Ghost and Switchblade UAVs;
• precision-guided aircraft munitions;
• UAV and electronic warfare system countermeasures;
• 150 fuel tankers;
• 115 vehicles for towing and transporting equipment;
• 50 vehicles for the evacuation of equipment and more.

Poland is ready to transfer 20 more MiG-29 fighters to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Ukrainian ambassador to Poland said. The transfer will be gradual, as Korean fighters are received for the Polish Air Force.

70 combat vehicles and tank shells from Britain

On July 12, 2023, the British announced the provision of another package of military assistance to Ukraine, which includes:

• more than 70 combat and auxiliary vehicles, including tracked reconnaissance vehicles;

• thousands of additional shells for Challenger-2 tanks;

• £50m to repair previously delivered British military equipment.

In addition, a medical rehabilitation center for military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be built in the United Kingdom together with NATO.

Delivery of 50 SCALP-ER cruise missiles from France

On July 11, 2023, French President Emmanuel Macron officially announced the transfer of SCALP-ER cruise missiles to Ukraine, an analogue of the Storm Shadow previously delivered to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Both types of ammunition have identical layout, engine, inertial navigation system and other components.

However, French missiles can be equipped with a rather unusual combat load - MIFF/MUSPA anti-tank and anti-personnel mines. They can also carry KRISS special ammunition for runway destruction and concrete-piercing charges.

According to some reports, France plans to deliver 50 cruise missiles: part has already been delivered and was even used to strike the Chongar bridge in June. The SCALP themselves pose a threat, but Russian troops are gradually learning to shoot down such targets.

Similarly, the RF Armed Forces previously adapted to HIMARS: a change in approaches to dispersion and camouflage, as well as the work of air defense operators, greatly reduced the damage from American MLRS in comparison with their appearance in Ukraine in the summer of 2022.

Infantry fighting vehicles, 25 tanks and 40 armored personnel carriers in Germany's 700 million euro supply package

Germany on July 11, 2023, said it would provide Ukraine with a new military aid package worth more than 700 million euros of Puma infantry fighting vehicles, two Patriot batteries, 25 Leopard 1A5 tanks and 40 Marder armored personnel carriers with shells for them.

Banned cluster bombs in a $800 million supply package from the United States

The full list of weapons of the $800 million military "aid" package from the United States to Kyiv, which was announced in July 2023:

• 32 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and 32 Stryker armored personnel carriers
• 31 155 mm howitzers
• additional ammunition for Patriot and HIMARS air defense systems
• AIM-7 air defense missiles
• Stinger MANPADS, Javelin ATGM and TOW
• 105 mm and 155 mm artillery shells, including DPICM
• MLRS Raketas, Penguin drones and explosive ammunition
• demining equipment, spare parts, small arms and 28 million rounds of ammunition for it
• 27 tactical vehicles for lifting equipment and 10 for towing equipment.

The cluster ammunition that the United States sends to Ukraine is not ruptured in 14% of cases, this is an "unacceptably high" level, the New York Times wrote. The United States plans to send Kyiv old models of cluster ammunition that do not work immediately in 14% of cases. A high percentage of failure is dangerous for the civilian population, which after the war will die from their fire.

"The United States sends cluster ammunition to Ukraine in despair, unsuccessfully trying to change the outcome of the conflict in Ukraine and humiliating themselves Twitter American ," the businessman wrote. Elon Musk

"America has always condemned as evil those who use cluster bombs, and now we are sending them for use? Nothing good will come of it. Fate loves irony but hates hypocrisy, "Musk wrote.

In the comments under the post, he also indicated that Russia has at least 4 times more artillery and 10 times more ammunition than Kyiv.

"We have run out of normal ammunition to send to Ukraine, so now send them cluster bombs in despair, humiliating yourself without changing the result," Musk summed up.

After his statement caused a scandal in the media and social networks, he began to delete tweets.

Plan to supply 14 tanks from the Netherlands in 2024

On June 27, 2023, it became known that Rheinmetall, on behalf of the Netherlands, would supply Ukraine with 14 Leopard 2 tanks, Tagesschau.

The first tank purchased from other countries and repaired should arrive in Ukraine only in January 2024, the rest should arrive within a year.

Plan for the supply of 30 infantry fighting vehicles and 25 armored personnel carriers from the USA

June 26, 2023 it became known that the United States is preparing a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, I will enter it:

• 30 M2 Bradley BMP
• 25 APC M1126 Stryker
• Ammunition for MLRS M142 HIMARS, MIM-104 Patriot air defense systems, FGM-148 Javelin, FIM-92 Stinger.

Most Weapons Come Faulty, Hundreds of Millions of Dollars Gone

The New York Times published an article on the difficulties with the supply of Western weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The text contains several specific points that have been repeatedly mentioned in Russia before:

Some of the weapons transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine are faulty. The authors give an example of HMMWV cars and M777 howitzers that entered Ukraine from an American storage base in Kuwait: it turned out that it had not been serviced for years. Similar cases of the export of old equipment from the United States were reported in March.

Because of this, military products received from NATO countries are disassembled for spare parts: about 30% of the arsenal is under repair at a time, which is a very high figure.

Western contractors are actively profiting from the supply of equipment. In particular, Ultra Defense Corporation from Florida received $20 million from the Kyiv regime for the repair of M-109L self-propelled guns, but still made them non-working.

The structures of the Kyiv regime are also involved in the schemes for the development of funds: state-owned companies receive money from the government for the purchase of weapons that the Armed Forces of Ukraine eventually do not receive. According to journalists, "hundreds of millions of dollars" have already evaporated in this way.

Deliveries of 15 infantry fighting vehicles, 10 armored personnel carriers, ATGM and ammunition from the United States for $325 million

The fortieth package of American military assistance to Ukraine in June 2023 as part of presidential assignments (PDA - Presidential drawdown authority), for which state property (in this case, military) is transferred from existence.

The package in the amount of $325 million includes:

• Additional missiles for NASAMS air defense systems (let me remind you that this complex uses AIM-120 AMRAAM of various series as anti-aircraft missiles);
• Next batch of MANPADS Stinger;
• Additional ammunition to HIMARS MLRS;
• Artillery shots for 105 and 155 mm systems;
• 15 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles;
• 10 Stryker armored personnel carriers;
• Javelin ATGM;
• TOW ATGM;
• RPG AT-4;
• 22 million units of ammunition for light small arms and grenades;
• Engineering charges for discharge;
• Means of communication;
• Spare parts etc.

Two things draw attention to themselves: there is no artillery (there is only ammunition for it), despite the fact that both M777 and M109 (both systems are American-made) regularly run into trouble and suffer losses.

Armored vehicles - given the scale of what is happening, 25 units of infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers are, frankly, not generous. On the other hand, the Armed Forces of Ukraine would now be more needed BMP-2 than Bradley and Strikers, but it seems that there is nowhere else to take them.

Supplies of ammunition and anti-tank systems from the United States for $300 million

According to John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council, on May 31, 2023, the United States allocated To Ukraine a new package of military assistance worth 300 million: dollars

• ammunition for HIMARS MLRS;
• missiles for Patriot air defense systems;
• Avenger SAM;
• Stinger MANPADS;
• AIM-7 Sparrow missiles for air defense;
• artillery shells, tank ammunition, and small arms cartridges;
• precision-guided aircraft munitions;
• Zuni unguided air-to-ground missiles;
• AT-4 anti-tank systems;
• demining equipment and systems;
• night vision devices.

Supplies of shells, bridge-laying and thermal imagers from the United States

In May 2023, the United States announced a new package of military assistance for Ukraine. It included:

• additional rockets of the HIMARS system.
• 155 mm and 105 mm artillery shells.
• Javelin anti-tank systems and AT4 grenade launchers.
• laser-guided missiles.
• bridge-laying machines.
• trucks to transport heavy weapons.
• armored medical vehicles.
• thermal imagers and more.

Britain promises delivery of kamikaze drones

The Daily Telegraph in May 2023 wrote that the unmanned aerial vehicles promised by Britain to the armed forces of Ukraine are specially commissioned kamikaze drones. 

The systems are developed by the British company QinetiQ, which has created several types of UAVs intended for use in Ukraine. One of these projects is a kamikaze drone with a deltavid wing, the body of which can be printed on a 3D printer.

[2] Representatives of artillery, the British Air Force and Navy, the Laboratory of Military Sciences and Technology, high-ranking military leaders, as well as the DE&S research institute took an active part in the development of the UAV.

Germany will provide a record volume of weapons for 2.7 billion euros - the same as for the entire previous time of the conflict

In May 2023, it was announced that Germany would provide Ukraine with the largest package of military aid since the beginning of the war. It will become the largest for the entire time of the Ukrainian conflict: the cost of weapons will be almost $3 billion, which is approximately equal to the total volume of all previous supplies from Germany from February 24, 2022. Spiegel writes that the €2.7 billion package will include:

• 20 BMP "Marder";
• 30 Leopard 1 tanks;
• 4 IRIS-T-SLM air defense systems (12 launchers and hundreds of missiles to it);
• 200 reconnaissance UAVs;
• 100 combat vehicles (probably light armored personnel carriers).
• 100 rear support vehicles.
• A large supply of ammunition.

In addition, 15 Gepard anti-aircraft systems will be removed from conservation and delivered to Ukraine.

German UAV manufacturer Quantum-Systems GmbH [3] will hand over 105 Vector reconnaissance drones to the APU.

This is the second batch of "Vectors" supplied under contracts between the governments of Germany and Ukraine: in 2022, the Ukrainian army also received several dozen UAVs of the same model.

The main feature of this drone is that it can be assembled as a fixed-wing UAV (Vector modification) or as a tricopter (Scorpion modification). The main characteristics also depend on the type of modification. The drone can fly for up to 2-3 hours at speeds up to 72 km/h. Electro-optical and infrared sensors allow it to detect targets at any time of the day.

The Vector/Scorpion UAV is transported in a special backpack, assembled in 2-3 minutes and takes off vertically without needing a take-off pad. For reconnaissance functions, it is equipped with almost silent electric motors and the ability to broadcast video to ground stations in real time over secure communication channels. A drone can carry a payload (such as an explosive) weighing 700-800 grams in a special compartment.

The United States has allocated Ukraine a new package of military assistance in the amount of $1.2 billion. Part of the air defense destroyed by the strikes of the Russian Armed Forces in Kyiv

In May 2023, the United States allocated a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $1.2 billion, the Pentagon said. Among other things, the new tranche includes:

• Additional air defense systems and ammunition for them;

• Equipment for the integration of western air defense launchers, missiles and radars with Ukrainian air defense systems;

• Ammunition for air defense systems designed to combat drones;

• 155 mm artillery shells;

• Commercial services for providing satellite images to Kyiv;

• Support for measures to train Ukrainian military personnel, as well as maintenance of weapons and military equipment.

During an attempt to repel a Russian strike on targets in Kyiv on May 16, 2023, the Armed Forces of Ukraine actively used air defense systems. However, the components of the anti-aircraft missiles fired fell directly onto the streets and hit the lenses of photographers.

The personnel with the wreckage of ammunition made it possible to accurately determine the type of missiles that the Ukrainian forces used: they turned out to be the American PAC-3 Cost Reduction Initiative (CRI), as indicated by the characteristic structural elements.

These high-speed interceptors were first tested in 2011 and are used from 16-charge launchers M902 the US MIM-104 Patriot complex. The remains of these products found on the streets of Kyiv objectively confirm the transfer of the latest missile defense systems to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The supply of these missiles, along with the transfer of other Western-made air defense systems, speaks of the serious intentions of NATO countries to "close the sky" over the Ukrainian capital.

And yet, this weapon is not a panacea: judging by the video from the cameras, at least one dagger missile fired by the Russian Armed Forces reached the target, hitting the positional area of ​ ​ the Ukrainian air defense. CNN confirmed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine on this day had one less Patriot launcher.

In total, there were three Patriot air defense missile launchers in the position area at the Zhulyany airport. One was destroyed, the second was seriously damaged, but survived. The third launcher avoided damage.

Two installations stood nearby, and the third behind the building. The Russian "Dagger" flew between the installations, but closer to the first: there was a detonation of fuel. The cuttings of the first installation and pieces of soil/asphalt riddled the second.

Later, information appeared from Ministry of Defence Russia that, according to reliably confirmed data, on May 16, as a result of a strike by the Dagger hypersonic missile system in Kyiv, a multifunctional radar station was hit and completely destroyed, as well as 5 launchers of the PATRIOT anti-aircraft missile system manufactured. USA

Romania secretly handed over MLRS to Ukraine APR-40

Romanian 122-mm MLRS APR-40 is a licensed version of the Grad BM-21 produced in the country during the socialist period on the chassis of the Romanian DAC 665T truck (6x6). Deliveries were carried out earlier than May 2023.

Production of 14 Polish MiG-29

On May 8, 2023, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine received ten Polish MiG-29s.

Later it was reported that Warsaw handed over to Kyiv 14 MiG-29 fighters out of 28 promised. According to open data, a total of 32 MiG-29s were in service with Poland.

Poland handed over almost all of its MiG-29s to Ukraine, but is not ready to hand over F-16 fighters, President Andrzej Duda said.

First three of 16 Israeli radars received

The first three of the 16 Israeli radars of RADA Electronic Industries arrived in Ukraine in May 2023.

EU Council approves 1 billion euro loan for the purchase of ammunition for Ukraine

In May 2023, the EU Council finally approved the allocation of 1 billion euros for the purchase of ammunition for Ukraine through the European Peace Fund. The loan will go to the purchase of 155-mm artillery shells and missiles.

Delivery of 12 T-72M1 tanks from the Czech Republic

In April 2023, the Czech Republic sent 12 T-72M1 tanks to Ukraine as military aid, bringing the total number of heavy equipment transferred to 62 units.

Later in November 2023, the list of Czech military equipment transferred to Ukraine from army reserves was declassified.

For a total amount of 6.2 billion Czech crowns (over 250 million euros) from February 24, 2022 to October 9, 2023, Prague transferred:

• 4 helicopters;
• 62 tanks;
• 131 BMP;
• 16 BOP systems;
• 47 armored vehicles;
• 13 self-propelled artillery installations;
• 84,860 shells to artillery pieces;
• 12 missile systems;
• 4900 missiles for MLRS;
• 645 anti-tank guided missiles;
• 8022 grenade launchers;
• 128 mortars;
• 17,400 mortar shells;
• 4.2 million rounds of ammunition for small arms;
• other equipment.

Supply of shells and guided bombs from the United States for $325 million

The US State Department in April 2023 announced a new package of military assistance to Ukraine for $325 million, which will include missiles for HIMARS, mortars, artillery shells and guided aerial bombs.

Sending ammunition from South Korea to Ukraine via Germany

On April 15, 2023, another cargo of ammunition was sent to Ukraine from South Korea - only this time by sea. From the port of Jinhe in Busan in the direction of Germany, a transport ship was loaded with shells to Western-style artillery.

According to the Korean channel @ russiannewsinkorean, transport companies provided the transportation of shells from storage depots to the port of Jinhe from March 31 to April 14. Every day, 20 trucks with a carrying capacity of 18 tons transported about 5400 tons of ammunition.

In general, by the time the container ship left Jinhe, when calculating the approximate weight of one shot of 40 kg, from 125 to 130 thousand shells of 155 mm caliber were transported.

The sea route from South Korea to Europe usually runs through the Strait of Malacca, the Indian Ocean and the Suez Canal, followed by the crossing of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic. On average, depending on the course of the heavy truck, the duration is from 35 to 45 days.

Given this, a transport ship loaded with artillery ammunition will arrive in Germany only by the second half of May.

This delivery looks rather curious against the background of the drain of American secret documents. One of the files there indicated a detailed plan for transporting ammunition from South Korea to Ukraine.

According to these documents, the transfer of shells by sea was supposed to begin in late March - early April with two container ships (on the first it was planned to transport 129 thousand, and on the second - 47 thousand ammunition).

Judging by this data, the merged files specifically for the Republic of Korea are very plausible. And together with the supply of military assistance by air, it turns out that 330 thousand units of 155-mm shots will be transferred from Seoul.

However, in this case, the dates do not quite agree, and in accordance with the drain, the shells should have already been in Ukraine by the end of April. However, there could be a delay, because of which it was necessary to adjust plans.

South Korea's ammunition transfer for Ukraine under the guise of leasing it to the US

The news agency Reuters in April 2023 published an article that the authorities South Korea approved the lease of 500 thousand 155-mm artillery shells of the American army to replenish its reserves.

Earlier, secret documents published on the network said that the leadership of the Republic of Korea faced serious pressure from Western countries due to the refusal to provide direct assistance to Ukraine.

According to a Reuters article, the South Korean government solved this problem in a very original way by leasing artillery shells to the American army, and not to Ukrainian troops.

There are no details on what conditions an agreement was reached. It is unclear whether the Americans can provide the APU shells received from South Korea or not.

Against this background, the activity of Atlas Air transport aircraft has increased over the past few weeks - flights to Rzeszów airbase in Poland are regularly carried out. Atlas Air is an American cargo airline operating air cargo to more than a hundred countries around the world.

At the same time, the main customer is the US Department of Defense. Since the beginning of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine, Atlas Air aircraft, along with the command of air transfers of the US Air Force, have been delivering weapons and ammunition to Poland.

What does this process look like? One of the Atlas Air cargo aircraft made several flights on the route from Osan Air Base (Republic of Korea) - Dover/Elmendorf Air Base (USA) - Rzeszów Air Base (Poland).

The 436th Air Transport Wing of the Air Transfer Command of the US Air Force is located in Dover, and it is this base that is the main transshipment point before sending military cargo to Poland.

The South Korean government thus publicly demonstrates its neutrality, not selling weapons to Ukraine directly, but participating in this indirectly, leasing artillery shots.

The lease agreement between the United States and South Korea is an ideal solution for the authorities in Seoul, the Rybar channel wrote. Both Western partners are satisfied, and the South Korean military-industrial complex will earn money, and the country's government is legally not involved.

Transfer of MiG-29 aircraft from Slovakia

In March 2023, Slovakia approved the supply of 13 MiG-29 fighters for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as part of military assistance. On March 23, the Slovak Defense Ministry confirmed that four MiG-29s had already been handed over to Ukraine.

British government approves transfer of depleted uranium core ammunition to Ukraine

In March 2023, the British government approved the transfer of lean uranium core subcalibrated ammunition for Challenger 2 tanks transferred to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

We are talking about 120-mm ammunition of the L26A1 and L27A1 types, which have good armor-piercing force and pose a great danger to Soviet tanks of relatively outdated modifications up to T-80BV inclusive. Their use will cause serious damage to the environment in the combat zone.

New package of supplies of ammunition and boats from the United States for $350 million

In March 2023, it was announced that as part of a new package of military assistance from the United States to Ukraine, the following types of equipment and weapons will be transferred, as well as planned for delivery:

• missiles for MLRS HIMARS
• 155 mm artillery shells
• 25 mm ammunition
• HARM anti-radar missiles
• 81 mm and 60 mm mortars and ammunition for them
• anti-tank grenade launchers AT-4
• grenade launchers, small arms and ammunition for them
• demolition ammunition and obstacle clearing equipment
• mine clearance equipment
• thermal imagers, optics and laser rangefinders
• river patrol boats
• equipment for maintenance and repair of vehicles
• spare parts and other field equipment.

The United States leads by a wide margin in the supply of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine

France handed over Akeron MP ATGM to Ukraine

France handed over To Ukraine the ATGM to Akeron MP, France Jean-Louis Thierio, vice president of the National Defense and Armed Forces Commission, said in February 2023.

Akeron MP is a portable ATGM mounted on armored vehicles with a range of up to 4-5 km and allows you to simultaneously implement three methods of targeting:

• shot-and-forget (analogue of FGM-148 Javelin);
• target lock-on outside the operator's line of sight after missile launch (analogue of Spike-NLOS);
• manual guidance over two-way fiber optic cable with the possibility of re-targeting (analogue of Spike-LR).

The ATGM warhead is multipurpose tandem, depending on the selected mode, it is declared that up to 1000 mm homogeneous armor is penetrated behind dynamic protection, a concrete wall up to 2 meters thick, or infantry is hit by tungsten fragments within a radius of up to 15 meters.

An important advantage of the Akeron MP regarding the Dazhvelin ATGM, and at the same time a problem for armored vehicles, Russia is the uncooled IR seeker, which does not require the operator to wait a few seconds before firing. For the described characteristics and features, Akeron MP manufacturers, according to their own classification for advertising purposes, call it a 5th generation ATGM.

Starlink limits APU in using network to control drones

In February 2023, SpaceX restricted Ukrainian military access to Starlink satellite communications to control drones. SpaceX does not want its technology to be used for offensive purposes.

Loss of 6320 tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, 497 air defense systems and radars, 302 aircraft, 212 helicopters

In February 2023, the Turkish press, citing sources from the Mossad, published a layout of the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine equipment from the beginning of the SVO. According to Turkish media statements, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are:

• Aviation - 302 aircraft and 212 helicopters
• Air defense - 497 air defense systems and radar
• Armored vehicles - 6320 tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, MRAP, etc.
• Artillery - 7360 units of towed artillery, mortars, self-propelled guns, MLRS, OTRK

Supplies of Western weapons to Ukraine since the beginning of the special operation - Bloomberg data

In mid-January 2023, Bloomberg published a list of military equipment transferred by the West to Ukraine. According to the publication, since the beginning of the special military operation, Western countries have transferred to Ukraine 4 thousand units of armored vehicles, artillery pieces, aircraft and other weapons systems.

• Tanks: 410 Soviet-made combat vehicles from Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and other countries; the Challenger 2 promised by the UK (according to the Independent and The Sun, we can talk about 12 tanks); German-made Leopard 2 tanks, which Poland is ready to supply as part of an international coalition.

• Armored vehicles/infantry fighting vehicles: only 300 infantry fighting vehicles (of which 250 are Soviet-designed; France promised to supply Ukraine with wheeled tanks AMX-10 RC, the USA and Germany within two months - 50 and 40 Bradley and Marder infantry fighting vehicles, respectively.

• Armored personnel carriers: only 1,100 units, including American M117 and M113 (the latter include deliveries from other countries - Great Britain, Lithuania, Australia, Germany, Denmark, Portugal and Spain).

• Armored vehicles with enhanced mine countermeasures (MRAP): only 925, including 440 American MaxxPro M1224; Australian Bushmaster, as well as British Wolfhound and Mastiff.

• Mobile infantry vehicles: more than 1.5 thousand, including 1.2 thousand American armored Humvee SUVs.

• Artillery: 210 American M777 howitzers with 155 mm caliber and 72 howitzers with 105 mm caliber; more than 400 units of self-propelled artillery from Britain, Poland, Germany and the United States.

• Multiple launch rocket systems: 95 in total, including 38 HIMARS MLRS from the United States; more than 40 122 mm Soviet-made systems from Poland and the Czech Republic.

• Air defense systems: 37 Gepard anti-aircraft self-propelled guns from Germany; eight US-made NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems; one Patriot air defense battery from the USA and Germany; six Strela-10M air defense systems from the Czech Republic; six British Stormer HVM SAMs; other systems from Slovakia, Germany, Spain, France and Poland.

• Aircraft, helicopters and drones: 14 Soviet Su-25 attack aircraft purchased by NATO countries in Bulgaria and transferred to Ukraine; four Su-25s from North Macedonia; 20 Russian-made Mi-17 helicopters; 11 Soviet-designed helicopters from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Latvia; three British Westland Sea Kings helicopters; six Kamova helicopters from Portugal; more than 30 Bayraktar TB2 drones from Turkey and another from Lithuania and Poland; hundreds of Switchblade American kamikaze drones; 415 reconnaissance drones.^[5]

Deliveries of 14 tanks, 8 self-propelled guns, armored personnel carriers and 100 thousand shells from Britain

On January 16, 2023, British Defense Minister Ben Wallace announced the sending of a new batch of weapons to Ukraine, including:

• 14 Challenger 2 main battle tanks.
• 8 units of self-propelled guns AS90.
• 100 armored vehicles, including Bulldog armored personnel carriers, demining vehicles and pontoon-bridge vehicles.
• 100 thousand artillery shells.
• 100 medium-range air defense missiles.
• Dozens of UAVs.
• A set of spare parts for the repair of 100 tanks and armored vehicles.

Rumors about the supply of AH-64 Apache helicopters, which appeared in the British press a few days ago, are fake, and an article in the tabloid The Mirror has been deleted.

In addition, several pieces of equipment from previous packages of military assistance have already arrived in Ukraine. Among them are four armored engineering vehicles based on tanks M48 from Germany and one self-propelled guns Zuzana-2 from Slovakia.

According to the Ukrainian government, on January 20, 2023, a decision will also be made to supply the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the following types of weapons and military equipment:

Estonia:

• 16 howitzers FH-70 and 155 mm artillery shells.
• 38 howitzers D-30.
• 24 Hyacinth-B howitzers and 22 thousand shells for them.
• 100 NLAW ATGM.
• 150 tents.
• 1 thousand RPG 66 KES and Apilas.

Netherlands:

• Six barrels to howitzers M109 and 40 thousand artillery shells.
• 1 thousand charges for mine clearance M-58 MICLIC.
• 2 million rounds of 12.7 mm.

Supply of shells from Pakistan

The Indian news agency The Economic Times on January 9, 2023 published an article on the next transfer of military cargo from Pakistan for the Armed Forces of Ukraine through Poland.

According to the Indian agency, at the end of January, a transport ship BBC Vesuvius, chartered by Project Shipping, with 159 containers on board, is planned to arrive at the port of Gdansk in Poland from the port of Karachi in Pakistan.

Among the transported cargo for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the supply of 155-mm artillery shells, M4A2 charging cartridges, M82 capsules and fuses is expected. In return, Ukrainian engineers will allegedly help modernize engines on Pakistani Mi-17 helicopters.

It is possible that information about the supply of Pakistani shells to Ukraine is part of the Indian information campaign, the Rybar channel noted. It may be aimed at destroying the government's relations in Islamabad with the Russian leadership amid a possible agreement to sell oil to Pakistan at a discount.

However, this is unlikely: in August 2022, Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) already sent ammunition to Ukraine directly from the workshops, and the lack of any reaction from Russia untied the hands of Pakistani industrialists.

Delivery of 50 APCs from Turkey

On the afternoon of January 4, 2023, a railway train with Turkish 4x4 Kirpi armored personnel carriers passed through the railway station in the Romanian city of Bakeu in the direction of Ukraine.

On personnel of up to 50 units of armored personnel carriers produced by the Turkish company Navy. Most likely, this is the next package of military assistance from the Turkish government, announced back in August 2022, the Rybar channel noted.

Then the deputy of the Ukrainian party "Servant of the People" Yuriy Mysyagin said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine received 50 Kirpi armored personnel carriers, and another 150 will be transferred over the next year.

2022

Ukraine came out on the third place in the import of weapons

At the end of 2022, Ukraine became the third largest importer of the main types of weapons on a global scale. Such data are contained in the report of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which was released on March 13, 2023. Read more here.

Establishment of Soviet-style ammunition production outside Ukraine

The supplies of ammunition for Soviet-style artillery systems, which began in December 2022, indicate the establishment of production outside Ukraine.

Despite the large number of Western-style artillery supplied, their number is disproportionate to the Soviet guns already in service.

At the time of the start of the Russian operation in Ukraine, there were about 1900 units of 122 and 152-mm artillery, more than 600 MLRS installations (380 Gradov, 99 Hurricanes, 80 Smerches) and over 850 large-caliber mortars.

Ukraine announced an agreement with SpaceX on new supplies of 10 thousand Starlink antennas for satellite Internet

In December 2022, the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov announced that Kyiv had reached an agreement with SpaceX and would receive another 10,000 Starlink antennas for satellite Internet.

Plan for the supply of 18 self-propelled guns, air defense systems, missiles, trucks and shells from Germany, the USA and Poland

In mid-December 2022, it became known that as part of a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, the following types of equipment and weapons will be transferred, as well as planned for delivery:

Germany:

• 18 wheeled self-propelled guns RCH-155
• missiles for IRIS-T air defense system
• 2 Bergepanzer Armored Time and Evacuation Vehicles 2
• 18 trucks 8×8 and a special loading system (Wechselladesystem)
• 30 thousand shells for 40 mm grenade launchers
• 5 thousand 155 mm artillery ammunition
• 4 ambulances
• 80 pickups
• 2 hangar tents
• 7 trucks
• 90 units of anti-drone equipment
• 20 Dingo armored vehicles
• 2 armored tractors M1070 "Oshkosh"

Poland:

• Air defense system S-125 Newa

Slovakia:

• possible supply of MiG-29 fighters

UNITED STATES:

• possible delivery of Patriot air defense systems
• additional ammunition for HIMARS
• 80 thousand 155 mm artillery shells
• equipment for countering unmanned aircraft systems
• air defense systems
• Highly Mobile Emergency Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs) and Medical Equipment
• 150 generators
• Field equipment.

Supply of spare parts for T-72 tanks from Morocco

By November 2022, the United States was able to convince the Moroccan authorities to supply Ukraine with spare parts for T-72. See History of Morocco for details.

Delivery of 4 LRU MLRS from France

In early December 2022, it became known that France provided Ukraine with another 100 million euros of loans after 300 million in March.

France also sent 4 LRU MLRS (analogue of Himars) to Ukraine - there are only 13 of them in service, it was reported that there will be no more supplies.

Radar deliveries are being discussed.

As part of training 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers in the EU, 2000 will be trained in France (not counting CAESAR calculations and other weapons transferred by France).

Deliveries of 7 ZSU, 8 surface drones and 12 border vehicles from Germany

As part of a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, which became known in early December 2022, the German government will transfer, and are also planned for delivery, the following types of equipment and weapons:

• 14 Themis ground-based unmanned systems
• 7 ZSU "Cheetah"
• 100 thousand first-aid kits
• 3 armored bridge-laying machines BIBER
• 8 surface drones
• 12 Border Vehicles
• 4 thousand sleeping bags
• Spare parts for Mi-24
• 30 ambulances

Delivery of 1 self-propelled guns from Norway, 10 underwater drones from Belgium, 6 UAVs from Luxembourg

On November 26, 2022, it became known that as part of a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, the following types of equipment and weapons will be transferred, as well as planned for delivery:

Belgium:

• 10 underwater drones
• 2 mobile laboratories

Germany:

• ammunition for MLRS MARS II
• 3 heavy-duty semi-trailers M1070 Oshkosh
• 17 vehicles for Border Patrol
• 1 loader
• spare parts for heavy machine gun M2
• 24 MG3 for armored evacuation vehicles
• 10 anti-drone sensors
• 20 special devices for electronic devices for protection against drones
• 116 field heaters

Luxembourg:

• 6 UAV Primoco One

Norway:

• 1 ACS M109
• 20 thousand spare parts for M109
• 55 thousand units of winter uniforms
• 55 thousand bandages and individual first-aid kits
• 30 thousand field walkie-talkies

Deliveries of 250 vehicles, shells and cartridges

As part of a new package of military assistance to Ukraine (November 23, 2022), the following types of equipment and weapons will be transferred, as well as planned for delivery:

UNITED STATES:

• additional anti-aircraft missiles for NASAMS air defense systems
• 150 heavy machine guns with thermal imaging sights to counter UAVs
• HIMARS M142 missiles
• 200 guided 155 mm artillery shells
• 10,000 min for 120 mm mortars
• AGM-88 HARM missiles
• 150 HMMWV armored vehicles
• more than 100 light tactical vehicles
• more than 20 million rounds of ammunition
• more than 200 generators
• spare parts for 105 mm howitzers and other equipment

Britain:

• 3 Sea King helicopters
• 10 thousand artillery shells

Transfer of British Westland Sea King helicopters to the Armed Forces

On November 23, 2022, British Defense Minister Ben Wallace announced the transfer to Ukraine of an additional ten thousand artillery shells and three Westland Sea King WS-61 helicopters withdrawn from the country's Navy.

The training of ten crews, including pilots and maintenance personnel, took place over 6 weeks in Britain. The transfer of the first of the three devices is at the final stage.

The specific modification of the helicopters is unknown. An official statement from the British government said Sea King was needed for "search and rescue missions."

The British Navy had more than a dozen different versions of this technique, ranging from transport to shock modifications and equipped with AWACS.

Given the general blurring of the wording and the tendency of Western specialists to adapt outdated equipment to new conditions, it is likely that in this case the helicopters will adapt to the requirements necessary at the front.

Supplies of howitzers, air defense systems, armored personnel carriers, helicopters, shells, UAVs from Europe and Turkey

As part of the new package of military assistance, which became known in mid-November 2022, the following types of equipment and weapons will be transferred to Ukraine, as well as planned for delivery:

Britain:

• 750 barraging ammunition Pholos-2

Germany:

• MLRS MARS II
• Self-propelled howitzers PzH-2000
• 155 mm shells for MLRS

Greece:

• 155 mm artillery shells

Spain:

• HAWK SAM launchers
• Anti-aircraft missiles to HAWK air defense systems

Canada:

• Drone cameras
• 500 thousand sets of winter uniforms

Lithuania:

• 12 APC M113

Poland:

• Krab self-propelled howitzers
• 155 mm artillery shells
• Short-range air defense systems of unknown type

Turkey:

• 19 UAV Bayraktar TB2

France:

• 20 APC ACMAT Bastion
• 6 CAESAR self-propelled howitzers

Croatia:

• Croatia by May 2023 transferred nine of the 14 Mi-8 helicopters planned for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, decommissioned in the country due to the exhaustion of the operating resource.

Military assistance from Sweden for $287 million, including air defense

On November 15, 2022, Sweden announced a new package of military assistance to Ukraine for 3 billion Swedish crowns ($287 million), the delivery set will include an air defense system.

Supplies of air defense systems, howitzers, shells, cars from the USA and Spain

As part of a new package of military assistance announced in November 2022, the following types of equipment and weapons will be transferred to Ukraine, as well as planned for delivery:

UNITED STATES:

• anti-aircraft guided missiles to HAWK air defense systems
• four Avenger short-range air defense systems and Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to them
• GMLRS high-precision guided missiles for HIMARS MLRS
• 500 precision artillery shells M982 Excalibur
• 21 thousand 155 mm artillery shells
• 10 thousand 120 mm min
• 400 grenade launchers
• 100 HMMWV vehicles
• small arms, optical sights and more than 20 million rounds of ammunition
• mine clearance equipment M58 MICLIC
• winter warm uniforms.

Spain:

• four Hawk SAMs
• 14 105 mm howitzers M56
• electric generators.

Delivery plan for 250 armored personnel carriers, 1100 UAVs, 40 armored boats, 90 tanks from the USA, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic

On November 5, 2022, as part of a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, the following types of equipment and weapons will be transferred, as well as planned for delivery:

UNITED STATES:

• HAWK air defense systems withdrawn from US Armed Forces
• 45 main battle tanks T-72
• 250 armored personnel carriers M1117
• 1100 Phoenix Ghost UAV
• 40 unspecified type armored boats

Netherlands/Czech Republic

• 45 main battle tanks of the T-72.

1,300 Starlink terminals shut down due to lack of funding

CNN in November 2022 wrote that 1,300 terminals Starlink SpaceX no longer work in the interests of providing communication to the armed forces of Ukraine due to lack of funding. By the way, in October Kiev he turned To London to pay a monthly payment in the amount of 3.25 million. dollars However, the British official said he Britain pays only for those Starlink terminals that are of significant tactical importance on the battlefield.

Delivery of 135 anti-aircraft installations from Azerbaijan

Representatives of the Ukrainian company signed a contract with a "foreign supplier - a production association (Azerbaijan Republic)" on the supply of 95 units of 23-mm anti-aircraft installations ZU-23-2 and then another 40 units. Total - 135 ZU-23-2. All equipment was delivered in disassembled form in early November 2022. For more details, see Azerbaijan.

Spain will transfer the Aspide air defense battery to Ukraine

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said in November 2022 that in the near future Kyiv will receive from Spain one battery of the Aspide anti-aircraft missile system and missiles for it.

"I am very glad that there is already a new package (military assistance from Spain - ed.), It is already on its way to Ukraine. In the near future, our country will strengthen its defense capability by receiving an Aspide air defense battery and missiles for it, 4 Hawk air defense systems, anti-tank missile systems, grenades and shells for them, as well as other military equipment. This is exactly what we asked Spain for, "he said at a joint press conference with Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albarez in Kyiv.

Plan for the supply of air defense from the USA, howitzers and MLRS from Germany, helicopters from Portugal

At the end of October 2022, it became known that as part of a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, the following types of equipment and weapons will be transferred, as well as considered for delivery:

USA

• 2 NASAMS SAM
• HIMARS MLRS ammunition

GERMANY

• 2 MLRS MARS II
• 4 self-propelled howitzers PzH-2000
• 3 IRIS AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM
• Field Hospital

Portugal

• 6 Ka-32 (arrived in Ukraine only in September 2024, see above)

Plan for the delivery of 20 armored personnel carriers and self-propelled guns from Italy and NASAMS air defense systems from the USA

In October 2022, as part of a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, the following types of equipment and weapons will be transferred, as well as planned for delivery:

UNITED STATES:

• 8 NASAMS air defense systems (two in the coming weeks, six more in subsequent years)
• HIMARS MLRS ammunition
• 500 precision 155 mm shells for artillery
• 1500 SMAW ATGM and AT4
• 125 Humvees
• 4 satellite antennas for direct communication with commercial satellites (Maxar et al.)
• Vampire UAV Control Systems

Italy:

• 6 ACS PzH-2000
• From 20 to 30 ACS M109
• 2 MLRS M270 MLRS
• More than 20 armored personnel carriers M113

Delivery of 28 tanks from Slovenia

At the end of October 2022, information appeared that Slovenia would transfer 28 M-55S tanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (modernization of the T-55).

Despite the seeming antiquity of these machines, they received quite a good modernization. A new weapons control system with a night vision sight, a ballistic computer and a laser rangefinder, and most importantly, a new 105-mm L7 gun, capable of firing NATO ammunition of a similar caliber, the most modern of which are capable of hitting T-62M tanks and early versions of T-72 tanks. Also, the armor of the tower received dynamic protection, which will allow you to keep a blow from the most common anti-tank weapons of motorized rifle departments in the person of RPG-7 or disposable anti-tank grenades RPG-18/22/26.

The growth of arms supplies from Europe and North America

Western countries have increased the level of military assistance provided to Ukraine after massive missile attacks by the Russian Armed Forces on energy infrastructure facilities.

This fact is a direct consequence of the words of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltentberg that "the defeat of Ukraine will mean the defeat of the alliance, and this cannot be allowed."

It is planned that the supply of modern weapons to Ukraine in the fall of 2022 will increase. As part of a new package of military assistance in October 2022, the following types of equipment and weapons will be transferred to Ukraine:

Germany:

• 1 IRIS-T battery (control room, mobile radar and three launchers)
• Also, the German side handed over to Ukraine the first TRML-4D radar system for missile defense. A total of four units are expected to be delivered.

The radar was developed four years ago and is one of the most advanced weapons systems Germany has to offer.

TRML-4D is equipped with active phased antenna array. The radar station can simultaneously detect and track up to 1,500 flying objects at an altitude of up to 30 kilometers. The maximum detection range is 250 km (150 km for aircraft and 60 km for supersonic missiles), and the minimum is 10 meters.

Obviously, radars are supplied in addition to IRIS-T-SLM air defense systems, the work of which was noticed near Kyiv in mid-October 2022. At least one more Iris operates in Odessa.

• 15 35 mm HSU Hepard
• 20 launchers for ATGM Hydra-70 and 2000 missiles
• 5 thousand RPG
• 24 UAV control systems
• 1 Cobra Counter Battery Warfare Radar
• 24 UAV Vector
• 20 unmanned underwater vehicles
• 12 Bergepanzer Armored Recovery Vehicles
• 16 Biber Tank Bridge Planners
• 1 degassing and decontamination complex NYeR-70
• 10 APC M113
• 10 armored fighting vehicles
• 200 vehicles
• 6 forklifts
• 14 low-breasted trawls NKh81
• 2 wheeled tractors and four trailers
• 30 MG3 machine guns for installation on BREM
• 4.5 thousand 155 mm shells
• 255 high-precision 155mm Vulcano projectiles
• 14 thousand 35-mm ammunition for ZSU Hepard
• 60 thousand 40-mm ammunition for grenade launchers
• 63,000 field medical refrigerators
• 100 thousand field first-aid kits

Spain:

• 100 Milan ATGMs
• 100 Stinger MANPADS
• 20 Linche armored vehicles
• 15 120mm RT F1 mortars
• 4 Hawk air defense systems

UNITED STATES:

• 50 HARM anti-radar missiles
• 3 thousand 105 mm shells

Britain:

• 100 AIM-120 anti-aircraft guided missiles for NASAMS air defense systems
• 100 tactical UAVs
• 18 155 mm howitzers

Canada:

• 500 thousand sets of winter uniforms
• 155 mm artillery ammunition

France:

• 15 howitzers TRF1
• 6 CAESAR ACS
• 3 MLRS LRU M27
• 12 Crotale NG SAM

The Crotale NG is a tactical all-weather air defense system designed to protect the troops of the first echelon. As part of the French Armed Forces, air defense systems provide air cover for the country's main air bases.

The French Armed Forces are armed with only 12 batteries, which over the coming years are planned to be replaced by newer Mamba air defense systems. But there are even fewer of them - only 8 air defense systems, one of them is deployed in Romania.

Despite the loud statements of the French leadership, they will not supply all 12 batteries at once. First, three or four batteries will go to Ukraine as the French armed forces rearm at the Mamba air defense system. And already in the haunting months and years, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will give the remaining Crotale.

Their number is insignificant in conditions of intense hostilities. The number of simultaneously launched missiles and UAVs of the RF Armed Forces is so large that it is unlikely that outdated systems will be able to cope with them, the Rybar telegram channel noted.

Mobility and the ability to fire at low-flying targets will to some extent complicate the work of Russian troops. Crotale air defense systems proved to be quite effective in Saudi Arabia against the same Iranian UAVs, unlike the American Patriot.

At the same time, according to the principle of action, they are similar to the Osa air defense system, which the Armed Forces of Ukraine have practically no left. And Crotale will simply replace the disabled air defense systems.

Greece:

In October 2022, the Rybar telegram channel reported that on the night of October 23-24, the first batch of Greek BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles would arrive at base 52 of the Tisa engineering battalion in Satu Mare in northwestern Romania.

20 BMP-1 will be delivered on container ships of the Bulgarian company Tempus Link. In addition to Greek armored vehicles, parts for infantry fighting vehicles and Bullspike anti-tank grenade launchers manufactured by VMZ will be transported to Satu Mar.

On the basis of the engineering battalion, the weapons will be transferred to Ukrainian trucks and transported to the railway station in Halmeu. And from there BMP-1 will be sent to Ukraine by the railway.

In total, 40 infantry fighting vehicles are planned for transfer to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Greek army will receive 40 German Marder infantry fighting vehicles in exchange for outdated Soviet-made equipment, the first six of which have already arrived in Greece.

Korean air defense systems for American money through the Czech Republic to Ukraine

The Czech edition of iDNES in September 2022 announced the terms of the "deal of four" for the supply of weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the magazine, the United States is behind the new arms supply scheme for Ukraine.

An unnamed Czech arms company will soon receive a Shingun air defense system with ammunition for transfer to Ukraine. The $2.9 billion deal is paid from the U.S. budget.

iDNES journalists claim that the deal has not yet been implemented due to the official policy of "military non-interference" of the Korean government. However, Korean air defense systems may already be on the way to Ukraine: on September 27, a transport Boeing-747-45E 5Y9444 flew from Polish Rzeszów to Seoul.

The Shingung (Chiron) air defense system is designed to defeat low-flying targets - that is, to combat Russian drones and attack aircraft bypassing Ukrainian air defense.

Tactical and technical characteristics of the Shingun air defense system:

• The weight of the launcher is 24.3 kg.
• The diameter of the launcher is 80 mm.
• The maximum radius of defeat is 7 km.
• The maximum height of the defeat is 3.5 km.
• The maximum speed of the rocket is Mach 2.3.
• The range of the non-contact fuse is 1.5 m.

Britain to supply Ukraine with military drones firing missiles at 60km

On September 26, 2022, it became known that the UK would supply Ukraine with new unmanned quadcopters carrying missiles with a range of 60 km and capable of launching them right in flight. Read more here.

The United States delivered NASMAS air defense systems to Ukraine

On September 25, 2022, the president Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced receipt from USA anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM). NASAMS More. here

The US supplied Ukraine with Switchblade 600 kamikaze drones that can carry a warhead similar to an anti-tank missile

On September 20, 2022, it became known that the Pentagon signed a contract with AeroVironment for the supply of Switchblade 600 kamikaze drones to Ukraine in the amount of $2.2 million amid the ongoing confrontation with Russia. Read more here.

Zuzana 2 self-propelled guns returned to Slovakia due to marriage

In the summer of 2022, eight 155th Zuzana 2 self-propelled artillery installations were delivered to Ukraine. They are a modification of the Dana self-propelled guns with an increased range of up to 41 km.

The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has repeatedly made loud statements about the effectiveness of these combat vehicles, but the reality turned out to be much less rosy. So, in September 2022, all installations after a month of active operation were sent back to Slovakia through Lviv to the plant in Slovak Dubnice nad Vágom. The reason was problems with shock absorbers on the TATRA 8×8 wheel chassis.

The United States delivered Excalibur GPS-guided shells to Ukraine

In September 2022, it became known about the supply of Excalibur M982 to Ukraine - 155-mm guided active rockets of increased range, launched from the howitzer barrel and using GPS guidance. According to Bloomberg, citing previously unpublished budget documents, Kyiv secretly receives such products from the United States. Read more here.

Supplies of shells and winter clothes from Spain

On September 6, 2022, the Spanish Ministry of Defense sent Ukraine another aircraft with ammunition for large-caliber artillery systems.

This is the fifth supply of weapons for Kyiv from Madrid over the past few days - the previous week, four more flights with ammunition departed from the Rota naval base (this is 75 pallets with 155 mm ammunition).

In addition, 20 trucks with winter equipment for the Ukrainian military have already left Spain. 10 of them have already arrived in Poland, another 10 are on the way.

The Spanish Ministry of Defense sent 30 thousand sets of warm and field uniforms, 15.6 thousand jackets, 15 thousand sets of clothing for adverse weather conditions and several thousand other items of clothing.

Projectile shipments from Pakistan through Britain

For several months, Western countries (primarily the United States and Britain) have been looking for ways to increase military assistance to Ukraine through the supply of weapons and ammunition from Europe and Central Asia. The priority is the states of the post-Soviet space, but Pakistan was not spared .

According to open data from the global aircraft tracking service ADS-B Exchange, a transport aircraft S-17 the British Air Force with tail number ZZ143 from August 6 to 14 made at least five flights along the route: Akrotiri Air Base (Cyprus) - Nur Khan Air Base (Pakistan) - Akrotiri - Kimpia Turziy Air Base (Romania).

There was no official statement from either Britain or Pakistan about the nature of the cargo being transported. However, at the end of August 2022, a video was distributed on social networks in which Ukrainian gunners unpack 122-mm shells produced at the Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) military-industrial complex of Pakistan. The plant is engaged in the production of artillery ammunition of various calibers for export.

Specifically, 122 mm HOW HE-D30 projectiles designed for D-30 howitzers are manufactured with a unique LIU-4 fuse. From the factory, they were transported to warehouses at the Nur Khan airbase in Rawalpindi. And the subsequent transportation of the cargo was carried out in British-style containers.

Given the carrying capacity of the aircraft S-17 77,500 kg, at least 387 tons of ammunition were transported for five flights recorded in open sources (some sources say six flights). At the same time, the shells themselves were produced in June 2022 precisely for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

This delivery may not be the only military assistance that was secretly provided to Ukraine, the Rybar telegram channel noted. Pakistan's military-industrial complex produces a wide range of ammunition that can be used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Pakistan's arms supply to Ukraine is no surprise. The leaders of both countries have maintained friendly relations in the military sphere since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

It was thanks to the deal concluded with Pakistan to buy 320 tanks that the T-80UD was actually saved from bankruptcy in 1996 by the Malyshev Armored Plant in Kharkov.

Subsequently, the same enterprise produced 6TD-2 diesel engines for Chinese-Pakistani MVT-2000 (Al-Khalid) tanks.

Shahbaz Sharif's administration, which came to power in Pakistan, made it a priority in its foreign policy to restore friendly relations with the West.

And in the face of a deepening economic crisis, the Pakistani military-industrial complex significantly needs any foreign contracts, even such dangerous in terms of political consequences.

At the same time, open support for Ukraine will mean a de facto break in relations between Russia and Pakistan and a crossing out of the prospect of their possible deepening, especially in the energy sector. Amid the floods and the devastation they have caused, Pakistan is hoping for any help.

In addition, the Pakistani government is deeply dependent on external assistance from its main military and economic ally, China. Due to the loans and economic support provided, direct interaction with the West is also a blow to Chinese interests in Pakistan, and it will run counter to the position taken in Beijing on the operation in Ukraine.

Pro-Ukrainian media point to the need to transfer more serious equipment from Pakistan. According to their version, "tanks T-80UD completely created according to the standards of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and Ukrainian servicemen will not need time to retrain."

In addition, the same sources say that the Pakistani military-industrial complex produces artillery shells of 130 and 155 mm caliber, which at that time are used in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Pakistan Army Chief of Staff Kamar Bajwa's visit to Britain on August 11, 2022 coincided with current events. The stated purpose of the trip was to "improve relations" and economic assistance to the Central Asian country.

The Pakistani economy in past years has been supported by loans and subsidies from various states and organizations. The current crisis has made the country even more dependent on external financial support.

This is probably what was discussed during the visit of the chief of staff to London in exchange for ammunition supplied to Ukraine.

Taiwan delivered 800 "flying mortars" to Ukraine

At the end of August 2022, it became known that Taiwan had delivered 800 "flying mortars" to Ukraine. We are talking about unmanned aerial vehicles of vertical take-off and landing Revolver 860. Read more here.

US delivered Boeing drones to Ukraine

As part of the security assistance program USA To Ukraine announced on August 19, 2022 unmanned aerial vehicles , ScanEagle will be provided for the first time, which can be used to detect and target Russian troops and allied forces. More. here

UK and Norway hand over military drones weighing 18 grams to Ukraine

Ministry of Defence Norway together Great Britain with will supply To Ukraine microdrones worth up to 90 million Norwegian crowns ($9.26 million). The department announced this at the end of August 2022. More. here

Deliveries of 30 T-72 tanks from Slovakia and weapons from the United States

In August 2022, it became known that as part of a new package of military assistance, the following types of equipment and weapons will be transferred to Ukraine:

Slovakia

• Tanks T-72

USA

• 245,000 155 mm ammunition
• 65 thousand shells of 120 mm caliber
• Counter-battery radars U24
• UAV Puma
• VAMPIRE anti-drone systems
• Laser-guided missile systems.

Deliveries of 16 howitzers, 40 mine-ambush vehicles, missiles and shells

In August 2022, it became known that as part of a new package of military assistance, the following types of equipment and weapons from the United States will be transferred to Ukraine:

• additional shells for MLRS HIMARS
• 16 105 mm howitzers and 36,000 shells for them
• 15 Scan Eagle tactical UAVs
• 40 mine-ambush machines (MRAPs) that allow you to move around mined areas
• high-speed anti-radar missiles (HARM)
• 1500 anti-tank guided missiles with optical tracking and wire guidance (TOW)
• 1,000 Javelin ATGM
• 2,000 armor-piercing shells.

Britain is preparing a contract with Kazakhstan for the purchase of Soviet weapons for Ukraine

In August 2022, the Beregini hacker group posted documents confirming the fact of negotiations between the Kazakh and British governments through the mediation of the Jordanian company Blue Water Supplies over the supply of Soviet-made weapons and ammunition.

The list includes 200 units BTR-4 various modifications, 100 launchers of the Competition ATGM along with ammunition for them, as well as various types of shells for receiver and rocket artillery and 120-mm mortars.

The contractor is the Kazakh company Technoexport, which has a state license to sell military equipment and is authorized to bargain on behalf of the state, representing its interests.

The documents say that the weapons are intended for the British Ministry of Defense. The deal is for $69,520,000. They oversee the deal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan in cooperation with the British military attache in Kazakhstan, which will ensure the transfer of documents and certificates to the end user by diplomatic mail.

Hackers report that documents about the deal were on the computers of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.

Delivery of 50 armored vehicles from Turkey

Ukrainian sources in August 2022 reported the supply of BMC Kirpi 4x4 armored vehicles from Turkey for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Similar MRAPs could be seen during joint Russian-Turkish patrols in Syria.

It is alleged that the Ukrainian army has already received 50 Turkish armored vehicles, and Turkey will supply another 150 in the near future.

Spain will hand over 20 armored personnel carriers to Kyiv M113

In August 2022, the Spanish Ministry of Defense decided to donate 20 armored personnel carriers M113 American production to Ukraine.

Macedonia transfers 4 Su-25 attack aircraft to Ukraine

In addition to 30 tanks T-72A North Macedonia will also transfer 4 Su-25 attack aircraft to Ukraine. This was reported in early August 2022 by the Macedonian edition of the MDK.

The publication says that earlier these aircraft were also acquired by Macedonia in Ukraine.

The newspaper reports that in June the Left Party learned from officers working in the army that planes were being inspected and repaired at a military airfield.

"According to the information received, the repair is carried out by Ukrainian military engineers, which indicates that this is being done to deliver them to Ukraine, as a gift from our side, so that they are ready for use at the front," the statement said.

What is even more worrying about the source of the publication is the stripes of the Nazi regiment'Azov 'on the uniforms of Ukrainian personnel who are engaged in aircraft maintenance.

North Macedonia handed over to Ukraine Soviet tanks of T-72, which it had previously bought from Ukraine

In 1999, even before the start of the Albanian uprising in Macedonia, the "People's Liberation Army of Ali Akhmeti" Ukraine and Macedonia signed a contract for the supply of military equipment from Soviet reserves, RBC notes. Deliveries, Kyiv, of course, delayed. A batch of Soviet-made T-72A from 31 combat vehicles came to Skopje only in 2001. "This is the last batch of tanks to Macedonia, which was carried out in accordance with the treaty concluded between Ukraine and Macedonia in 1999. As a contractual side with Macedonia, we assumed certain obligations, and as a predictable and reliable partner, we had to fulfill them, "said [4] Anatoly Zlenko, who was then Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, in 2001.

In 2022, the circle closed, and T-72A went back to Ukraine.

Restoration of aircraft and helicopters in Poland, Slovakia, Romania and Moldova

At the time of the start of the SVO, the official number of aircraft in service was from 165 to 178 Su-24/25/27 and MiG-29 units. Plus 23 training and another 67 "mothballed," that is, aircraft withdrawn from combat personnel. In addition to tactical aviation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine had just over 200 Soviet-made helicopters.

With the start of a special military operation, it became necessary to restore the combat effectiveness of the air forces. Through the efforts of specialists of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex and engineers of NATO countries (mainly from Eastern Europe), the process of returning decommissioned aircraft and repairing damaged ones was established.

In addition to the supply of aircraft and helicopters themselves, the states of Eastern Europe such as Slovakia, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, transferred parts, spare units and units to aviation equipment. Someone is secretive, someone is official. The Polish leadership, for example, did not hide the fact that it transferred all available spare parts for MiGs.

The process of repairing flight equipment is carried out at some airfields in Western Ukraine (Lutsk, Ozernoye, Uzhgorod). However, most of the restoration work is carried out by the same Eastern European countries as Poland, Slovakia and Romania. Slovak transport helicopters fly almost daily to Uzhgorod and back.

Another country that helps the Ukrainian side unofficially is Moldova. The territory of this country not only acts as a transit hub for the transportation of goods for various purposes to Ukraine (from Romanian Suceava through Ryshkany to Mogilyov-Podolsky), but is also used to repair Ukrainian flight equipment. In particular, the Moldovan authorities provided their Marculești airfield for this purpose.

Despite almost daily losses in aviation equipment in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the process of repairing aircraft and helicopters decommissioned has already been established and put on stream. Adding to this the supplied weapons from NATO countries, we get quite significant numbers in the amount of old, but still military equipment.

After restoration, flight assets are promptly delivered from the territory of neighboring states through "neutral" countries to air bases in Western Ukraine, where the process of training flight crews takes place.

4 more HIMARS MLRS PCs from the USA

On July 8, 2022, US President Joe Biden signed a decree on the supply of another package of military assistance to Ukraine. The list includes four more HIMARS MLRS launchers, as well as a thousand high-precision shells for them.

The type of ammunition was not officially named, but the description of "high-precision shells that will allow hitting specific objects of the Russian Armed Forces" speaks volumes about the likely transfer of missiles of the ATACMS MGM-140 type. Their range, depending on the specification, can be up to 300 km.

This is the third aid package for Ukraine, including modern weapons in just over two weeks (the previous ones were June 24 and July 3). The American side is gradually increasing the amount of assistance provided to Ukraine.

At this time, you can observe increased activity of long-range artillery and MLRS of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the contact line. The number of HIMARS launchers rose from 4 to 12.

2 SAMs, ammunition and radars from the United States

In early July 2022, the United States announced another package of military assistance to Ukraine for $820 million, according to the BBC.

The states transfer air defense systems to Ukraine:

• two NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems,
• ammunition for HIMARS artillery missile systems,
• additional ammunition for the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system,
• 150 thousand ammunition for 155 mm artillery and
• 4 additional counterartilleur radars, clarifies the press service of the department.

As part of the new package of military assistance, the following types of equipment and weapons will also be transferred to Ukraine:

Canada

• 39 BMP LAV ACSV Super Bison

Latvia

• 20 Stinger MANPADS control panel

Turkey

• three Bayraktar TB2 UAVs

France

• six 155mm CAESAR ACS

Czech Republic

• three Bivoj UAVs

4 more Mi-17 helicopters from Slovakia

In early July 2022, the Casus Belli Live channel reported that Slovakia had handed over 4 more Mi-17 helicopters to Ukraine. The video, which captures the transportation of helicopters, is distributed in local media.

4 MLRS, 18 boats, grenade launchers and shells from the USA, 14 armored personnel carriers from Australia, 5 helicopters from Slovakia

In June 2022, it became known that as part of a new package of military assistance, the following types of equipment and weapons will be transferred to Ukraine:

UNITED STATES:

• four HIMARS MLRS launchers
• 18 tractors to howitzers
• 36 thousand 105 mm shells
• 1,200 grenade launchers
• 2,000 machine guns
• 18 shore and river patrol boats

Australia:

• 14 armored personnel carriers M113AS4

Slovakia:

• Four Mi-17 helicopters
• One Mi-2 helicopter
• Shells to MLRS "Grad"

Supplies of Harpoon onshore missile systems, howitzers, MLRS and helicopters

As it became known on June 16, 2022, as part of a new package of military assistance, the following types of equipment and weapons will be transferred to Ukraine:

UNITED STATES:

• two Harpoon Onshore Rocket Launchers
• 18 howitzers M777 (transferred without a GPS system to avoid it getting to the Russian troops, more details here).
• 36 thousand 155 mm shells
• 18 tractors to howitzers
• HIMARS MLRS ammunition
• 4 repair and evacuation machines with spare parts
• 1 thousand walkie-talkies with secure communication
• 1 thousand night vision devices and thermal imagers

Britain:

• three MLRS control panels M270
• guided projectiles to MLRS

Latvia

• Bayraktar TB2 UAV ammunition

GERMANY

• three MARS-II MLRS control panels
• Guided projectiles to MLRS

In addition, a group of countries announced their intention to transfer additional weapons and equipment without specifying the exact number:

Canada, Netherlands, Poland:

• 155 mm artillery systems (in previous deliveries there were howitzers M777, self-propelled guns Krab and M109)

Slovakia

• Mi-17 helicopters.

4 more HIMARS MLRS PCs from the USA

On July 8, 2022, US President Joe Biden signed a decree on the supply of another package of military assistance to Ukraine. The list includes four more HIMARS MLRS launchers, as well as a thousand high-precision shells for them.

The type of ammunition was not officially named, but the description of "high-precision shells that will allow hitting specific objects of the Russian Armed Forces" speaks volumes about the likely transfer of missiles of the ATACMS MGM-140 type. Their range, depending on the specification, can be up to 300 km.

This is the third aid package for Ukraine, including modern weapons in just over two weeks (the previous ones were June 24 and July 3). The American side is gradually increasing the amount of assistance provided to Ukraine.

At this time, you can observe increased activity of long-range artillery and MLRS of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the contact line. The number of HIMARS launchers rose from 4 to 12.

2 SAMs, ammunition and radars from the United States

In early July 2022, the United States announced another package of military assistance to Ukraine for $820 million, according to the BBC.

The states transfer air defense systems to Ukraine:

• two NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems,
• ammunition for HIMARS artillery missile systems,
• additional ammunition for the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system,
• 150 thousand ammunition for 155 mm artillery and
• 4 additional counterartilleur radars, clarifies the press service of the department.

As part of the new package of military assistance, the following types of equipment and weapons will also be transferred to Ukraine:

Canada

• 39 BMP LAV ACSV Super Bison

Latvia

• 20 Stinger MANPADS control panel

Turkey

• three Bayraktar TB2 UAVs

France

• six 155mm CAESAR ACS

Czech Republic

• three Bivoj UAVs

Miami residents began to buy weapons for supplies to Ukraine

On June 18, 2022, Miami police in the United States launched a program to redeem weapons from the population, and the received weapons from citizens are planned to be transferred to Ukrainian soldiers. For each pistol, the security forces offered to pay from $50, and for larger versions of weapons a more generous reward, for example, for a gun from $100, and for machine guns such as AK-47 or AR-15 from $150. Read more here.

Deliveries of helicopters, MLRS launchers and radars from the USA, self-propelled guns from Belgium, anti-ship complexes from Sweden

In early June 2022, the supply of military assistance from the United States and European countries for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues. As part of a new package of military assistance, the following types of equipment and weapons will be transferred to Ukraine:

UNITED STATES:

• four Mi-17 helicopters
• four HIMARS MLRS control panels
• two aerial target detection radars
• five counter-battery warfare radars
• 1000 shells for Javelin ATGM and 50 launchers
• 15 thousand 155-mm artillery shells.
• 15 armored vehicles

Belgium:

• 64 self-propelled artillery installations M109

Sweden:

• 17 anti-ship complexes RBS-17
• 1.5 thousand anti-tank grenade launchers AT4.

New supplies from Greece: 122 infantry fighting vehicles, 60 MANPADS, 1100 RPG and 20 thousand assault rifles

In early June 2022, the Greek information portal pronews.gr, citing its sources in the government, said that Greece "transferred or will transfer" the following weapons and ammunition to Ukraine for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:

• 122 BMP-1 with ammunition for machine guns (followed by replacement with German Marder-1A3 or A5);

• 60 MANPADS FIM-92 Stinger.

• 1100 RPG-18 grenade launchers.

• 20 thousand AK-47 machines.

• 2,100 122 mm rocket shells.

• 17 thousand artillery shells of 155 mm caliber.

• 15 thousand shells of 73 mm caliber.

• 3.2 million rounds of 7.62 mm.

Weapons and equipment come from the warehouses of the Greek army on the Aegean islands. The batch is transported by 21 aircraft of the Armed Forces of Greece, New Zealand and Canada.

In February 2022, Greece handed over 40 tons of "defensive equipment" to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, after which the country's authorities repeatedly promised not to supply new batches of weapons to Ukraine.

Spain cannot hand over 10 German Leopard A4 tanks to Ukraine, because they are in an absolutely deplorable state

In early June 2022, El País, citing sources in the Spanish government, reported that the authorities were Spain preparing to supply heavy weapons to Ukraine, including German Leopard A4 tanks. Approval is required for delivery. Germany

We are talking about tanks that are in storage at a military base in Zaragoza in the north-east of the country, Madrid received 108 used tanks from Germany in 1995 as part of a contract for the production of Leopard in Spain, the newspaper writes.

Initially, the Spanish authorities intended to restore the received cars, but later, due to lack of funding, it was decided to keep them in storage. According to El País sources, Madrid intends to restore and transfer 40 Leopard A4 tanks to Kyiv.

In 2016, officials from the Czech Republic were in Spain checking the health of Leopard 2A4 stored in Zaragoza. The Czech army refused to buy them because they had not been tested.

It was reported that Spain will also train the Ukrainian military to control these tanks, the first stage of the briefing is planned to be held in Latvia, where a contingent of 500 Spanish soldiers with six Leopard 2E tanks is deployed. The second stage of preparation implies training in Spain, sources of the publication said.

On June 11, 2022, it became known that the Spanish government apologized to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz "for excessive excitement" caused by reports of the possible sending of German Leopard 2 Panzer tanks to Ukraine by Spain. This is reported by Business Insider.

It is noted that Madrid initially planned to supply 40 tanks to Kyiv, but reduced their number to a "maximum" of ten and apologized.

According to the publication, it is not yet clear whether the delivery will be carried out, since this "would increase the pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz to follow suit."

Spiegel magazine wrote that Germany refuses to hand over its tanks to Ukraine, fearing the "appearance" of these combat vehicles in Russia. According to sources in the German government, Berlin believes that the Ukrainian authorities can use German equipment to attempt an invasion of Russian territory, which will be a reminder of the actions of Nazi Germany during the Great Patriotic War.

Later, on August 1, 2022, the El Mundo newspaper reported that Spain abandoned the idea of ​ ​ supplying Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, as they are in an "absolutely deplorable state."

"We are considering all possibilities today, but I can already tell you that Leopards, which have not been used at the Zaragoza military base for many years, cannot be sent to Ukraine because they are in an absolutely deplorable state," said Defense Minister Margarita Robles.

"There have been appropriate checks which have shown that the tanks are in a state in which they cannot be used. We cannot give them to Ukraine because they will pose a danger to themselves, "Robles added.

Deliveries of anti-aircraft installations, UAVs, armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles and UN-prohibited shells from the EU and New Zealand

In May 2022, the supply of military assistance for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues. As part of a new package of military assistance, the following types of equipment and weapons will be transferred to Ukraine:

GERMANY:

• 30 Gepard anti-aircraft self-propelled guns;
• 60 Aladin UAVs;
• 25 Vector UAVs;
• 7 Songbird UAV.

France:

• 28 Spy Ranger UAV;
• guided missiles to the Milan ATGM;
• 155 mm projectiles to CAESAR mounts. The OGR F1 is a 155mm cluster ammunition. The concept of this kind of weapon implies the rupture of the main warhead in the air with the release of dozens of smaller submunitions capable of covering a vast area. In the case of OGR, the bomb ruptures into 63 small elements. Due to the extremely high likelihood of harm to civilians, cluster shells were banned according to the results of the convention UN Oslo in, developed and approved by 46 states, including France, in 2010. The National Commission for the Destruction of Anti-personnel Mines (CNEMA), operating under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France successfully reported on the elimination of all M26 ammunition and OGR F1 in 2016. But in fact, the French not only did not destroy the prohibited type of weapons, but also handed it over to Ukrainian servicemen.

Denmark:

• Denmark intended to transfer 25 Swiss-made Piranha III armored personnel carriers. However, the leadership Switzerland blocked the transfer of equipment to Ukraine in accordance with the neutrality policy.

Netherlands

• 40 infantry fighting vehicles YPR-765.

New Zealand

• 30 light towed howitzers 105 mm L-118.

Thanks to the supply of spare parts from Poland, "mothballed" aircraft are restored

It was reported that by the beginning of the special operation of Russia in Ukraine, there were up to 250 serviceable combat aircraft and helicopters in the combat composition of the Ukrainian armed forces. At the same time, by May 12, 2022, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that since the beginning of the special military operation, 165 aircraft and 125 helicopters have already been destroyed.

At the same time, in May 2022, daily from the same Dnepropetrovsk, Ukrainian aviation makes up to 10 sorties to combat areas. The question arises: where do they get so many planes?

The Polish edition of Onet reports that the Polish leadership has transferred a huge supply of spare parts and weapons for Mig-29 fighters. These deliveries allow you to restore the combat capability of air force aircraft, including by returning to service the "mothballed" once Migi.

In addition to about 200 aircraft that were already in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, she also had a significant number of technically non-light aircraft, which Ukraine itself was physically unable to repair, including due to a lack of spare parts, which led to such a phenomenon as cannibalization, when some aircraft were dismantled to fix others.

For example, when in 2014 the Russian Armed Forces took the Belbek airfield, out of 45 fighters at the airfield, only 4 were combat-ready. And this problem did not disappear after 2014, although they sought to solve it to the best of their ability by increasing the number of combat-ready aircraft.

The number of daily departures of the Mig-29 in the Kharkov, Soledar, Nikolaev and Odessa directions confirms this. They do not exclude the option of hidden transfer of Soviet-made equipment from the countries of Eastern Europe.

Poland handed over 200 tanks to Ukraine T-72

By the beginning of May 2022, Poland had transferred 240 T-72 tanks to Ukraine, in return the country expected to receive a certain number of German Leopard 2A7 tanks, but it was denied this.

Having practically exhausted the supply of Soviet T-72, deliveries of a modified version began - RT-91 Twardy.

Azerbaijan supplies air bombs for APU

The Iraqi TG channel Sabereen News distributed documents that Azerbaijan, in April 2022, secretly supplied ammunition to the Ukrainian military.

According to these papers, CIHAZ Industrial Association (an organization under the Ministry of Defense Industry of the Republic of Azerbaijan) sent air bombs for the Ukrainian Ukrspetsexport Group of Companies.

Deliveries were carried out by the Ukrainian airline Meridian from Khartoum Airport (Sudan) to the "famous" Rzeszów Airport (Poland), for further transportation of cargo to Ukraine. Flight MEM5002 was made on April 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28 and 30.

In the specification, the cargo is designated Precision Guided Air Bomb and Precision Guided Air Bomb INERT, one such bomb weighs 270 kg. A high-precision guided aerial bomb QFAB-250 LG is suitable for these parameters. This high-explosive ammunition with laser guidance, with a total weight of 270 kg (250 of them b/h) is a fairly new joint development of Azerbaijan and Turkey. By default, it is used by Su-25 attack aircraft, but of course it can be used by other aircraft from the Soviet reserve. Guidance and target designation is possible using the Bayraktar TB2 UAV.

In the specification of 04.04.22 and in the "vouchers" of 06.04.22 there is some discrepancy in the total number of boxes with ammunition and the total weight of the cargo, however, the sizes of boxes with bombs agree in both documents, and the UN0033 code puts an end to any doubts about the content of this cargo.

Thus, Azerbaijan (and to some extent Turkey) directly participated in the supply of high-precision aviation ammunition to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, despite official neutrality towards the parties to the armed conflict in Ukraine.