#MILITARY AID

The eight Nordic and Baltic countries have agreed to increase military aid to Ukraine after the U.S. pulled its support earlier this week, Denmark’s defense minister said on Saturday.

Sweden's defense minister said on Thursday the Nordic country had agreed to donate its biggest aid package to Ukraine so far, worth 13.5 billion Swedish crowns (€1.17 billion).

NATO has taken over coordination of Western military aid to Ukraine from the United States as planned, a source said on Tuesday, in a move widely seen as aiming to safeguard the support mechanism against NATO skeptic U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

Work continues regarding military supplies for Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday, October 10, following a meeting in Paris with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

U.S. President Joe Biden announced more than $8 billion in military assistance for Ukraine on Thursday to help Kyiv "win this war" against Russian invaders, using a visit by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to make a major commitment.

Ukrainian troops are suffering high losses because Western arms are arriving too slowly to equip the armed forces properly, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told CNN in an interview aired on Sunday.

Ukraine has received the first batch of the F-16 multi-role fighter aircraft it has been pushing the West to provide as it seeks to defend against increasingly vigorous aerial assaults by Russia.

The German government’s budget for next year provides for a 50% cut in military aid for Ukraine despite the prospect of support for Kyiv diminishing in the event of Donald Trump returning to the White House.

Biden announced a new military aid package for Ukraine during a meeting with Zelenskyy but withheld further details.

Britain’s new defense minister has announced a fresh package of military aid for Ukraine, including dozens of air-launched Brimstone ground-attack missiles.

NATO will assume coordination of arms deliveries to Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has announced in Brussels.

The Ukrainian Air Force’s Chief of Aviation has said that part of the nation’s future fleet of F-16s will be based abroad so as to protect it from Russian strikes.

U.S. President Joe Biden has announced a fresh $225 million aid package for Ukraine and apologized for congressional delays in approving the previous $61 billion package.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a new security deal with Sweden and Norway as he continues to lobby for long-term military support.

The package includes HIMARS systems, Stinger missiles, NASAMS air defenses and more.

Ukraine will aim to carry out a counteroffensive on the frontlines in 2025, Jake Sullivan, the advisor for U.S. national security said in an interview with the Financial Times on Saturday. This initiative comes after the country received weaponry worth over $60 billion as part of American military assistance.

The package includes Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, and various other equipment.

The Committee of Permanent Representatives of the European Union (EU), at the ambassadorial level, reached an agreement on Wednesday to allocate additional funds for the European Peace Facility and to establish a dedicated fund within it for providing military assistance to Ukraine, amounting to EUR 5 billion in 2024.

More than half of Germans oppose the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, with nearly a third expressing opposition to sending any weapons to the war-torn country, according to a poll commissioned by the German Press Agency (dpa).