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The Ukrainian industry has the capacity to increase drone production by 40% this year, but lacks the necessary funds to do so. President Volodymyr Zelensky made this statement during an online address at the international GLOBSEC 2025 forum taking place in Prague, according to Ukrinform. "We must strengthen all the forms of defense cooperation, especially those that help us become more and more technologically advanced and use drones of every kind – in the air, on land, and at sea. Ukraine is ready to increase drone production by 40% in the near future, already this year. Our factories have the…

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved a decision to allocate nearly £1.7 billion from the United Kingdom for additional arms procurement. This involves RapidRanger air defense systems and lightweight multi-purpose Martlet missiles. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during a government meeting on June 11, according to Ukrinform citing his Telegram channel. "Today we are making a decision to allocate nearly £1.7 billion from the United Kingdom for additional weapons procurement. With these funds, we plan to purchase RapidRanger air defense systems and lightweight multi-purpose Martlet missiles. This will significantly strengthen our air defense and our…

Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky says Israel sent Ukraine Patriot air defense systems, received from the United States in the early 1990s. The diplomat said this in an interview with Marichka Dovbenko, which he gave for the first time in Ukrainian, Ukrinform reports. "In the early 1990s, when the first Gulf War took place (also known as Operation Desert Storm, which lasted from January 17 to February 28, 1991 - ed.), we received Patriot systems from the United States. By the way, these systems are now in Ukraine – these are systems that had been in service with Israel…

French carmaker Renault SA has held discussions with the French Defense Ministry regarding the production of drones in Ukraine. According to Bloomberg, a spokesperson for Renault said that the carmaker was contacted by the French defense ministry. Discussions have taken place, but no decision has been taken at this stage, as the company is awaiting further details from the ministry, the person added. Renault quit the Russian market after Moscow invaded Ukraine in 2022. The French Defense Ministry declined to comment to Bloomberg on the situation involving Renault. On Friday, French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu announced that a major French…

Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine is still waiting for a response from the United States regarding the proposal to buy air defense systems from them. As reported by Ukrinform, the President of Ukraine said this in his evening address. “We are working to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense. We urgently need positive signals from the United States – concrete signals regarding air defense systems. We are still waiting for a response to our request to purchase systems that can help — concrete signals, not words,” Zelensky emphasized. At the same time, the head of state thanked European countries for their deliveries. “We…

Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans announced the signing of an agreement with his Ukrainian counterpart, Rustem Umerov, aimed at strengthening cooperation with Ukraine’s defense industry. Brekelmans shared the news on social media platform X, according to Ukrinform. “There is still untapped potential in Ukraine’s defense industry for greater military support to Ukraine. That’s why we are deepening our cooperation. From now on, we will be able to procure equipment in Ukraine more quickly and efficiently. Together with my colleague Umerov, I have signed the relevant agreement,” the post reads. Read also: Netherlands to allocate EUR 400M for Ukraine's maritime security…

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi briefed the head of the European Union Military Committee, General Sean Clancy, on the current situation on the contact line. Syrskyi reported this on Facebook, Ukrinform saw. "I held a constructive conversation via video link with the head of the European Union Military Committee, General Sean Clancy. I informed General Clancy about the current developments on the contact line and the course of hostilities," the report says. According to Syrskyi, General Clancy, for his part, spoke about the efforts of the EU Military Assistance Mission to Ukraine (EUMAM), which is…

A separate detachment of Typhoon special-purpose unmanned systems opened the Family Foundation charity fund and officially presented the Falcon Division combat pilot training center. This was announced by the commander of this National Guard unit, Mykhailo Kmytiuk, call sign “Michael,” during an event dedicated to the first anniversary of Typhoon's creation, according to a Ukrinform correspondent. “We are opening the Typhoon charitable foundation, the Family Foundation. Within the unit, we have actually organized a combat pilot training center over the past year... We have created a conditional school, which will be called Falcon Division,” Kmytiuk said. According to him, the…

The Russian army’s combat losses in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to May 27, 2025 amount to nearly 982,840 invaders, including another 990 troops killed or wounded in action in the past day. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in a post on Facebook, according to Ukrinform. The Ukrainian defenders have also destroyed 10,860 enemy tanks (+2 in the past day), 22,642 armored combat vehicles (+1), 28,337 artillery systems (+17), 1,397 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,171 air defense systems, 372 aircraft, 336 helicopters, 37,853 unmanned aerial vehicles (+222), 3,265 cruise missiles (+9), 28 warships/cutters, 1…

The war in Ukraine has shown that the use of unmanned systems, artificial intelligence (AI) and other innovative technologies will be crucial in the future of warfare, so the EU must actively develop its own technological base in order not to depend on third countries. EU High Representative Josep Borrell wrote about this in his blog published on the website of the European External Action Service. He made his remarks following his participation in the COTEC conference on technological sovereignty in defense, which took place in September in the Spanish city of Las Palmas. “The war against Ukraine has provided…