JOE SABALLA Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvahas rejected requests to send Leopard tank ammunition to Germany over fears that it would be transferred to Ukraine. Brazil Refuses to Send Tank Ammunition to Ukraine (thedefensepost.com)
Category: Guerra in Ucraina
French President Emmanuel Macronsaid on Monday he would not rule out the delivery of fighter planes to Ukraine but warned against the risk of escalation in the conflict. Macron Says Fighter Jets for Ukraine ‘Not Excluded’ (thedefensepost.com)
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday said Moscow made a mistake invading Ukraine, but speaking alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz he kept clear of condemning the Russian attack. Brazil’s Lula cold-shoulders Germany’s Scholz on Ukraine support | Reuters
Ukraine’s defence minister is expected in Paris on Tuesday to meet President Emmanuel Macron amid a debate among Kyiv’s allies over whether to provide fighter jets for its war against Russia, after U.S. President Joe Biden ruled out giving F-16s. Western allies differ over jets for Ukraine as Russia claims gains | Reuters
Karolina Hird, Grace Mappes, Layne Philipson, George Barros, Kitaneh Fitzpatrick, Nicole Wolkov, and Frederick W. Kagan Western, Ukrainian, and Russian sources continue to indicate that Russia is preparing for an imminent offensive, supporting ISW’s assessment that an offensive in the coming months is the most likely course of action (MLCOA). Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January […]
France and Australia will supply Ukraine with 155mm shells needed for artillery pieces provided by the West since Russia’s invasion, defense ministers Sebastien Lecornu and Richard Marles said Monday. France, Australia to Supply Ukraine With 155mm Shells: French Minister (thedefensepost.com)
INDER SINGH BISHT The Ukrainian military is setting up attack drone units to take on Russia. Ukraine Building Strike Drone Units (thedefensepost.com)
Poland announced a sharp increase in defense spending on Monday, with the prime minister saying the country needed to arm itself “faster” in light of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Poland Boosts Defense Spending in Wake of Ukraine War (thedefensepost.com)
Belgium announced a new package of military aid for Ukraine on Friday, promising cash, missiles, machine-guns, and armored vehicles to help fight off the Russian onslaught. Belgium Steps up Ukraine Aid With Missiles, Ammo, Guns (thedefensepost.com)
A group of pro-Russian activists in Germany donated funds to a Russian army division fighting in Ukraine, and the money was used to purchase walkie-talkie radios, headphones and telephones, according to an officer in the division and messages from the group’s organisers seen by Reuters. Exclusive: Pro-Kremlin activists in Germany gave money for Russian army […]
Russian strikes in the Southern Ukrainian city of Kherson killed three people Sunday and injured six. Ukrainian President: ‘We Have to Make Time Our Weapon’ (voanews.com)
On January 20, the US-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group met at Ramstein Air Base in Germany under the chairmanship of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. The meeting, attended by more than fifty nations and NATO’s Secretary General Stoltenberg, was the eighth in a series of meetings initiated in April 2022, to discuss efforts to provide military support […]