The international delegation, headed by Ana Lucía Bueno, ICRC Public Health Coordinator, and Sujit Panda, Head of the Physical Rehabilitation…
Mykhailo Fedorov and Robertas Kaunas met in Kyiv to discuss prospects for cooperation between the defense industries of both countries.
This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
Mykhailo Fedorov emphasized the importance of focusing joint projects on the current needs of the Defense Forces, particularly in the field of extended-range artillery.
The parties discussed expanding defense cooperation and priority areas of support for Ukraine. Lithuania confirmed its readiness to support the creation of a joint drone-production enterprise.
Fedorov thanked Lithuania for its consistent support at the level of 0.25% of its GDP annually, as well as for its contributions to the PURL mechanism. The parties also discussed the possibility of allocating the SAFE credit to support Ukraine as early as this year.
They also discussed strengthening Lithuania’s defense capabilities to counter “Shaheds”. Ukraine is ready to share practical experience and help launch new capabilities within short timeframes.
Over the past day, units of the Unmanned Systems Forces grouping struck or destroyed 1,209 enemy targets.
Drone units of the Joint Forces’ Iron Brigade are continuously destroying enemy UAVs (“chortolyoty”) and personnel.
On the night of March 20, the enemy attacked with 156 strike UAVs, including Shahed-type drones, “Gerbera”, “Italmas”, and other types.
Over the past day, Russian occupation forces lost 1,610 personnel on the battlefield.
A UAV operator of the “Typhoon” unmanned systems unit with the callsign “Nimets” can strike the enemy even blindly.
The first cycle of testing, evaluation, verification, and validation of unmanned aerial systems took place at NATO’s innovation range for unmanned systems.
The international delegation, headed by Ana Lucía Bueno, ICRC Public Health Coordinator, and Sujit Panda, Head of the Physical Rehabilitation…