Further call-off from #Rheinmetall framework agreement: #Ukraine 🇺🇦 receives #artillery #ammunition - order value in the triple-digit million euro range https://t.co/KRpwMx8pZp #Rheinmetall #Defence #Military #Army #Ukraine #155mm #takingresponsibility pic.twitter.com/Kqllgprc8X
— Rheinmetall (@RheinmetallAG) December 18, 2023
⚡️ Commander: Ukrainian military scales down some operations over foreign aid shortages.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) December 18, 2023
Ukraine faces shell shortages and has to scale down some military operations due to a decrease in foreign aid, General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi told Reuters on Dec. 18.https://t.co/UKQ6aiRNEK
⚡️Telegraph: UK to sign 10-year pact on naval security commitments for Ukraine.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) December 19, 2023
The U.K. plans to sign a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding to "keep Kyiv in the fight" against Russia in the Black Sea, the Telegraph reported on Dec. 18, citing unnamed British military sources.…
⚡️Russia says recent US-Finland defense cooperation deal won't go 'unanswered.'
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) December 19, 2023
The US-Finland bilateral defense cooperation deal "threatens the security of the Russian Federation," said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova.https://t.co/EjHZTTHWM3
⚡️Senator: Congress 'not anywhere close' to deal on Ukraine aid.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) December 18, 2023
"We’re not anywhere close to a deal. It’ll go into next year," Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said on Dec. 17.https://t.co/mbUFaX3BLy
⚡️ Security experts appeal to US Congress to approve Ukraine aid bill.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) December 18, 2023
Over 40 members of the Alphen Group, an international association of security experts, appealed to U.S. Congress to approve the funding request that includes aid for Ukraine in a letter published on the… pic.twitter.com/UQmEyaDS7v
⚡️ The Pentagon will run out of funds to replenish arms and equipment sent to Ukraine on Dec. 30 unless Congress passes additional funding, Pentagon Comptroller Michael McCord said in a letter to congressional defense committees made public on Dec. 18.https://t.co/AylaCGOD58
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) December 18, 2023