[P44]

Ao que parece vão ser cedidos mais 2 leopard para a Ucrânia

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_pkjynp-lF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Mandem logo todos. Assim como assim cá não servem para nada.

[PTWolf]

Ao que parece vão ser cedidos mais 2 leopard para a Ucrânia

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_pkjynp-lF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Mandem logo todos. Assim como assim cá não servem para nada.

não vi a noticia abordar serem enviados mais CC

[Subsea7]

Pode-se dar o caso de que os 5 que foram para a Eslováquia, não voltem.

[goldfinger]

It is reported that the transfer of 6 Kamov Ka-32A transport helicopters donated by 🇵🇹Portugal to 🇺🇦Ukraine has been completed,- Sic Noticias

[Get_It]

Sweden paves way for potential Gripen transfer to Ukraine with $220 million parts package
(10 de Setembro de 2024)

In a significant development for Ukraine’s air defense capabilities, Sweden has unveiled a comprehensive military support package that includes substantial provisions for the potential future transfer of JAS 39 Gripen fighters. The Swedish government, recognizing the strategic importance of bolstering Ukraine’s aerial warfare capabilities, has allocated approximately $220.8 million for acquiring materiel parts specific to the JAS 39C/D variants of the Gripen multirole fighter aircraft.

The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration will oversee the procurement of JAS 39C/D components, which are currently being repurposed in the production of the advanced JAS 39E model. This strategic acquisition serves a dual purpose: it safeguards a number of JAS 39C/D aircraft from decommissioning and establishes the groundwork for a potential future donation to Ukraine, should the Swedish government deem it appropriate.

While the immediate transfer of Gripen fighters to Ukraine is not presently feasible due to the prioritized introduction of F-16 fighters, this forward-thinking approach ensures that Sweden maintains the flexibility to support Ukraine's air force modernization efforts in the coming years. The acquisition of these critical components signifies Sweden’s long-term commitment to Ukraine's defense capabilities and its strategic foresight in addressing evolving security challenges in Eastern Europe.

In response to Russia's ongoing attacks on both civilian and military infrastructure in Ukraine, the support package also addresses urgent air defense needs. Sweden has included the delivery of RBS 70 anti-aircraft missile systems, building upon its previous donations of air defense assets. The RBS 70, known for its high mobility and effectiveness against low-altitude aerial threats, will provide Ukrainian forces with enhanced capabilities to counter Russian air operations.

[continua]

Fonte: https://alert5.com/2024/09/10/sweden-paves-way-for-potential-gripen-transfer-to-ukraine-with-220-million-parts-package/

New military support package to strengthen Ukraine's defence capabilities
(9 de Setembro de 2024)

Today, 9 September, the Swedish Government presented Sweden's 17th military support package to Ukraine. The package, worth SEK 4.6 billion, meets Ukraine's military needs and creates freedom of action for the future. It includes donations of materiel, direct procurement, material units and financial contributions. 

Including support package 17, Sweden has now provided SEK 48,1 billion in military support to Ukraine since the start of Russia's brutal war of aggression in February 2022. In 2024 alone, Sweden has provided a total of SEK 25 billion in military support to Ukraine.
Procurement for donations

With support package 17, Sweden enters a new phase of military support to Ukraine, with a greater focus on production instead of donation. Support package 17 contains three major procurements of materiel of particular priority to Ukraine. The procurements will be carried out by either the Swedish Armed Forces or the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration. The value of these procurements are worth approximately SEK 600 million.

Sweden has previously sent 50 Combat Vehicle 90s to Ukraine. These combat vehicles have proven to be very useful for Ukraine, and so a further procurement of 40 mm of ammunition for the vehicles for delivery to Ukraine is set to take place.

Support package 16 included over 200 armoured tracked personnel carriers (PBV 302). In order to give Ukrainian units greater covert operational ability, package 17 will include a procurement of camouflage equipment for these combat vehicles.

Ukrainian demand for small flying drones remains high. For this reason, the Government intends to provide additional funds to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this area.
Increased defence capability on land

Support package 17 also includes ground combat military equipment worth approximately SEK 500 million. Due to Russia's attacks on civilian and military infrastructure, Ukraine has a great need for anti-aircraft missile systems. Sweden has previously donated a number of robot systems and the current package includes Robot System 70 anti-aircraft missile systems.

Ukraine has specifically requested anti-tank weapons and anti-tank mines in order to better operate against Russian mechanised units. The support package therefore includes a number of anti-tank weapons, recoilless rifles and anti-tank mines.

The package also includes:
- Protective face masks and protective equipment to enable work/operations in contaminated environments;
- Grenade-launchers with ammunition, recoilless rifles with ammunition, and small-calibre ammunition;
- Training equipment for Ukrainian recruits;
-Transfer of soldiers' helmets and winter equipment for the coming winter.

Increased defence capability at sea: There is still a Russian threat to Ukrainian merchant vessel traffic, and such vessels are regularly piloted via mine-cleared routes down to the Bosporus Strait. In addition, there is extensive fighting along front lines defined by rivers, where the Ukrainian Navy supports ground defence forces. The support package therefore includes transfers of marine equipment worth approximately SEK 500 million.

Ukraine's rivers are subject to much military activity and Sweden's Combat Boat 90 has been a welcome addition for the Ukrainian Navy. Support package 17 includes six additional Combat Boat 90s, including a marine supply solution that will support the Ukrainian Navy's maintenance unit to create resilience for Swedish materiel. To help launch different types of boats following maintenance actions on land, two launching trailers that can handle various types of boats, including the Combat Boat 90, will also be transferred.

Materiel parts for JAS 39: At the moment, transferring JAS Gripen to Ukraine is not a viable option, as it would interfere with the prioritized introduction of F-16 fighters. However, in parallel the Swedish Government is continuing its efforts to establish conditions for a possible future support of JAS 39 Gripen fighters to Ukraine. Support package 17 does so by acquiring materiel parts for the JAS 39 Gripen worth approximately SEK 2.3 billion.

Materiel parts are JAS 39C/D parts that are being reused in the construction of new JAS 39E aircraft. By acquiring new materiel parts, a number of JAS 39C/D will be saved from being dismantled and can – if the Swedish government decides so – be considered for a possible future donation to Ukraine.

Financial donations: The support package includes approximately SEK 700 million in financial donations to funds and other multilateral initiatives during 2024. International initiatives where several nations create conditions for larger procurements have proved to be effective. In this area, there are both short-term multilateral initiatives concerning a particular item of materiel, such as ammunition initiatives, and more permanent regular funds such as the UK-led International Fund for Ukraine.

Fonte: https://www.government.se/press-releases/2024/09/new-military-support-package-to-strengthen-ukraines-defence-capabilities/

Cumprimentos,

[P44]

Mas a ucrânia não tinha já rejeitado o grippen por incompatibilidades logísticas com o F16 ou algo do género???

[Subsea7]

A Ucrânia prefere 100 F-16M do que andar a variar o fornecedor de caças... A SAAB quer promover o JAS, daí a pressão.
Cps,

[P44]

A Ucrânia prefere 100 F-16M do que andar a variar o fornecedor de caças... A SAAB quer promover o JAS, daí a pressão.
Cps,

Pois...o tal desespero 

[Get_It]

Só o esforço de ter uma cadeia de logística para um caça e formar tanto pilotos como técnicos/mecânicos é já um esforço astronómico para quem operou caças soviéticos durante décadas e está agora a receber uma nova aeronave.

Não consigo vos estar a explicar de forma concisa o tamanho desse esforço e o tempo que demora; especialmente estando em guerra.

É que eles até podem conseguir pessoal suficiente para enviar para o estrangeiro para receber formação e treino, mas e depois como vai ser quando voltarem e for hora para operar e ganhar experiência no terreno? Como vai ser para gerir stocks de sobresselentes e armamento? Especialmente quando têm de ter cuidado para manter tudo secreto para não levarem com um míssil, drone ou até mesmo um míssil balístico em cima?

É que em tempo de paz é tudo muito bonito, mas em tempo de guerra é outra coisa.

Olhem só a FAP que recebeu os primeiros UH-60 ano passado e só lá para 2026 é que vão estar capacitados de executar missões de combate aos incêndios.

A Ucrânia prefere 100 F-16M do que andar a variar o fornecedor de caças... A SAAB quer promover o JAS, daí a pressão.
Cps,

Os suecos podem sempre é mostrar ao resto da NATO e da Europa como se faz. Pintem os Gripen deles e mandem para lá o pessoal deles com os caças para os operar. Fazem uma missão especial como os russos.

Atenção que eu não sou contra o Gripen. Até acho que o Gripen tem vantagens em termos de manutenção e operação para os ucranianos face ao F-16. Só que é como os outros diziam, a quantidade tem uma certa qualidade. Existem mais operadores de F-16, existem mais F-16 prontos a serem doados e existe obviamente uma cadeia de logística e até formação/treino maior para o F-16.

Cumprimentos,

[Charlie Jaguar]

Pode-se dar o caso de que os 5 que foram para a Eslováquia, não voltem.

Já tinha pensado nisso também.

A Ucrânia prefere 100 F-16M do que andar a variar o fornecedor de caças... A SAAB quer promover o JAS, daí a pressão.
Cps,

E tanto assim é que já estão de olho nos F-16C/D Block 30 que os gregos querem desativar em breve.

[Get_It]

Ukraine wants 12 Viper attack helicopters spurned by Slovakia
(13 de Setembro de 2024)

As Slovakia's government wobbles over the previous Cabinet's plan to buy 12 AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters from the United States, Ukrainian officials are intensifying their lobbying in Washington to secure the aircraft for their defense against Russia.

The U.S. State Department in July approved a tentative foreign military sale of 12 Vipers, made by Bell, to Slovakia for an estimated $600 million, a hefty increase compared to the initial offer of $340 million extended to the previous Slovak government. The discount was in part due to the fact that a deal with the initially envisioned recipient of the U.S. equipment, Pakistan, had fallen through.

A senior industry official close to the talks said Bratislava's efforts have since aimed at decoupling the discount from the Vipers and instead apply it to other prospective purchases like F-16 warplanes and air-defense systems. That has left officials in Washington miffed, the industry official said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing negotiations.

Meanwhile, Vadym Ivchenko, a Ukrainian lawmaker for the Batkivshchyna party, told Defense News that Ukraine has shown interest in the 12 Vipers since 2022. At that time, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces filed a letter of request to the U.S. to obtain the aircraft through a foreign military sale.

(...)

Ivchenko said that officials in Kyiv are also making efforts to host the production of Bell helicopters at a designated Ukraine-based facility.

"We wish to deepen our industrial cooperation with the United States to produce such helicopters in Ukraine," according to the lawmaker. "This foreign investment would be guaranteed by the Ukrainian government."

In March 2023, then-Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď announced the U.S. had offered to Slovakia the copters along with AGM-114 Hellfire II air-to-ground missiles, valued at about $1 billion, for roughly a third of their regular price to compensate the country for its donation of Soviet-designed Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter jets and 2K12 Kub air defense systems to Ukraine.

However, since a new Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Robert Fico was sworn in last October, Bratislava has suggested that attack helos are no longer high on its shopping list. Instead, the Slovak ministry would rather use the offered discount to buy Patriot air defense systems or additional F-16 fighters on top of the 14 jets it ordered in 2018, local officials suggested.

Naď, who chairs the opposition Demokrati (Democrats) party, told Defense News the new government in Bratislava, which is more aligned with Russian interests, still has gripes about the transfer of outdated fighters and air defense systems to Ukraine during the early days of the war. Fico officials now claim those donations had no basis in law, making Slovakia the only country of Eastern European allies to Kyiv where legal trouble is brewing over military aid to Ukraine, Naď said.

Industry officials have noted that the latest U.S. offer for the Vipers no longer includes Hellfire missiles, attributing the change in scope to growing discontent in Washington.

Fonte: https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2024/09/13/ukraine-wants-12-viper-attack-helicopters-spurned-by-slovakia/

Cumprimentos,

[Viajante]

https://www.sapo.pt/noticias/atualidade/russia-acusa-portugal-de-passo-hostil-ao_66e4805a5fe3525a759ee798

Finalmente despacharam os Kamov

[Subsea7]

Ukraine wants 12 Viper attack helicopters spurned by Slovakia
(13 de Setembro de 2024)

As Slovakia's government wobbles over the previous Cabinet's plan to buy 12 AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters from the United States, Ukrainian officials are intensifying their lobbying in Washington to secure the aircraft for their defense against Russia.

The U.S. State Department in July approved a tentative foreign military sale of 12 Vipers, made by Bell, to Slovakia for an estimated $600 million, a hefty increase compared to the initial offer of $340 million extended to the previous Slovak government. The discount was in part due to the fact that a deal with the initially envisioned recipient of the U.S. equipment, Pakistan, had fallen through.

A senior industry official close to the talks said Bratislava's efforts have since aimed at decoupling the discount from the Vipers and instead apply it to other prospective purchases like F-16 warplanes and air-defense systems. That has left officials in Washington miffed, the industry official said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing negotiations.

Meanwhile, Vadym Ivchenko, a Ukrainian lawmaker for the Batkivshchyna party, told Defense News that Ukraine has shown interest in the 12 Vipers since 2022. At that time, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces filed a letter of request to the U.S. to obtain the aircraft through a foreign military sale.

(...)

Ivchenko said that officials in Kyiv are also making efforts to host the production of Bell helicopters at a designated Ukraine-based facility.

"We wish to deepen our industrial cooperation with the United States to produce such helicopters in Ukraine," according to the lawmaker. "This foreign investment would be guaranteed by the Ukrainian government."

In March 2023, then-Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď announced the U.S. had offered to Slovakia the copters along with AGM-114 Hellfire II air-to-ground missiles, valued at about $1 billion, for roughly a third of their regular price to compensate the country for its donation of Soviet-designed Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter jets and 2K12 Kub air defense systems to Ukraine.

However, since a new Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Robert Fico was sworn in last October, Bratislava has suggested that attack helos are no longer high on its shopping list. Instead, the Slovak ministry would rather use the offered discount to buy Patriot air defense systems or additional F-16 fighters on top of the 14 jets it ordered in 2018, local officials suggested.

Naď, who chairs the opposition Demokrati (Democrats) party, told Defense News the new government in Bratislava, which is more aligned with Russian interests, still has gripes about the transfer of outdated fighters and air defense systems to Ukraine during the early days of the war. Fico officials now claim those donations had no basis in law, making Slovakia the only country of Eastern European allies to Kyiv where legal trouble is brewing over military aid to Ukraine, Naď said.

Industry officials have noted that the latest U.S. offer for the Vipers no longer includes Hellfire missiles, attributing the change in scope to growing discontent in Washington.

Fonte: https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2024/09/13/ukraine-wants-12-viper-attack-helicopters-spurned-by-slovakia/

Cumprimentos,

Esses burros, não querem Tucanos ? Com 200 Tucanos ganhavam a guerra, amanhã !

[Get_It]

Não sei se estou a fazer confusão com outra notícia ou outro tema, mas tenho ideia que isto não é exactamente breaking news.

Breaking News: Qatar to Supply Half Its PzH 2000 Howitzers to Ukraine After Buying German RCH 155 8x8 howitzers.
(16 de Setembro de 2024)

According to information published by the German newspaper Bild on September 15, 2024, Germany approved the sale of advanced RCH 155 155mm wheeled self-propelled artillery systems to Qatar. In return, Qatar will hand over 12 of its 24 Panzerhaubitze 2000 (PzH 2000) self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine. The vehicles will be brought up to operational standards in Germany before being delivered to Ukrainian forces.

This move signifies a strategic realignment and an escalation in international support for Ukraine amid its ongoing conflict with Russia. Qatar's acquisition of the RCH 155 artillery systems allows it to modernize its artillery capabilities with cutting-edge technology. Simultaneously, the transfer of PzH 2000 tracked self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine is expected to substantially enhance Ukraine's artillery strength due to the system's advanced features, such as high rate of fire, precision targeting, and long-range capabilities.

The RCH 155 is a highly advanced artillery system developed by Germany's Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW). Mounted on a Boxer-wheeled armored vehicle, it offers increased mobility and automation compared to traditionally tracked howitzers. The system features a 155mm L52 gun and can fire precision-guided munitions at distances exceeding 40 kilometers (approximately 25 miles).

The purchase reflects Qatar's commitment to modernizing its military forces with state-of-the-art equipment. The deal also strengthens defense ties between Qatar and Germany, potentially paving the way for future military technology and training collaborations.

Before the Panzerhaubitze 2000 howitzers are handed over to Ukraine, they will undergo a comprehensive upgrade process in Germany. This refurbishment is expected to include technical overhauls, software updates, and modifications to meet the Ukrainian military's specific requirements. German defense contractors like KMW and Rheinmetall will likely oversee the process to ensure the equipment is delivered in optimal condition.

(...)

Qatar has generally maintained a neutral stance regarding the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, often advocating for diplomatic solutions and peaceful dialogue. Qatar's foreign policy traditionally emphasizes mediation and conflict resolution. The nation has engaged in various diplomatic efforts in the Middle East and beyond but has not publicly aligned itself militarily in the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Any significant shift in Qatar's stance, especially involving military support, would likely be accompanied by official statements and widespread media coverage.

If confirmed, Qatar's decision to purchase RCH 155 artillery systems and supply Ukraine with half of its PzH 2000 howitzers represents a noteworthy development in international efforts to support Ukraine. The move not only aids Ukraine's military capabilities but also reflects the complex web of global alliances and defense strategies influencing the region's security landscape.

Fonte: https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/army-news-2024/breaking-news-qatar-to-supply-half-its-pzh-2000-howitzers-to-ukraine-after-buying-german-rch-155-8x8-howitzers

Cumprimentos,

[ricardonunes]

Deputy Head of the European Commission Dombrovskis:

"Since the start of hostilities, the EU has provided Ukraine with 118 billion euros in aid, including 43.5 billion euros for military needs".

 

A video and photos of the party of a group of deputies of the Dnepropetrovsk (Dnipro) city council and their wives in the Maldives have leaked to Ukrainian social media.

The party took place last January. The deputies and their wives went abroad, allegedly, to participate in an international conference.

According to information circulating on Ukrainian networks, the mayor of Dnepropetrovsk, Boris Filatov, approved the "work trip".

Some users of the social media estimated that the total value of the watches and the jewelry of the deputies and their wives, shown in the photos and the video, is about €150,000.