Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
RT @deaidua: BREAKING: Chancellor Merz has just announced that Germany will fund a significant portion of the Starlink coverage in #Ukraine, and the Ministers of Defence of both countries will today sign a Memorandum of Understanding (!) with the goal to procure far-reaching Ukrainian-made weapons systems for the defence of Ukraine.
RT @deaidua: BREAKING: Chancellor Merz has just announced that Germany will fund a significant portion of the Starlink coverage in #Ukraine, and the Ministers of Defence of both countries will today sign a Memorandum of Understanding (!) with the goal to procure far-reaching Ukrainian-made weapons systems for the defence of Ukraine.
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
RT @deaidua: My latest piece → As a publication on the Bundeswehr website shows, the deployment of the RCH 155 in #Ukraine now appears to have been significantly delayed for the second time. The reasons for the delays are not publicly known.
https://deaidua.org/news/2025/06/02/rch-155-deployment-in-ukraine-once-again-delayed/
RT @deaidua: My latest piece → As a publication on the Bundeswehr website shows, the deployment of the RCH 155 in #Ukraine now appears to have been significantly delayed for the second time. The reasons for the delays are not publicly known.
https://deaidua.org/news/2025/06/02/rch-155-deployment-in-ukraine-once-again-delayed/
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
RT @deaidua: I'm back home and have now had some time to analyse today's announcements regarding military assistance for #Ukraine and give my assessment. I have five points I want to talk (in detail) about.
1) IRIS-T
Firstly, I would like to comment on IRIS-T (SLM) and start with a disclaimer. The Ukrainian-German translation provided by the German MoD spoke of spare parts for IRIS-T, whereas none of the articles I read spoke of this, but referred to deliveries of complete fire units. I will therefore simply give an assessment of both to be on the safe side.
According to the Ukrainian President, deliveries are secured for the next three years. That would be 2027 or 2028 (depending on whether the current year is included).
In the case of the fire units, this would not really be a surprise. At present, Germany has delivered 6 fire units to Ukraine and has pledged to deliver another 14 (!). Of the 14 pledged, 4 are to be delivered this year...
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RT @deaidua: I'm back home and have now had some time to analyse today's announcements regarding military assistance for #Ukraine and give my assessment. I have five points I want to talk (in detail) about.
1) IRIS-T
Firstly, I would like to comment on IRIS-T (SLM) and start with a disclaimer. The Ukrainian-German translation provided by the German MoD spoke of spare parts for IRIS-T, whereas none of the articles I read spoke of this, but referred to deliveries of complete fire units. I will therefore simply give an assessment of both to be on the safe side.
According to the Ukrainian President, deliveries are secured for the next three years. That would be 2027 or 2028 (depending on whether the current year is included).
In the case of the fire units, this would not really be a surprise. At present, Germany has delivered 6 fire units to Ukraine and has pledged to deliver another 14 (!). Of the 14 pledged, 4 are to be delivered this year...
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
RT @deaidua: #Ukraine recently received their 7th IRIS-T SLM fire unit from Germany! The 540th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade announced on their Facebook page, that they recently received their first IRIS-T SLM fire unit and destroyed seven Russian cruise missiles during their first operation.
Unless the fire unit was transferred from another unit (which is highly unlikely) this is a confirmation of the delivery of the 7th IRIS-T SLM fire unit. Another 13 of them are still pledged, of which 3 are planned to be delivered this year in addition to the one already delivered.
RT @deaidua: #Ukraine recently received their 7th IRIS-T SLM fire unit from Germany! The 540th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade announced on their Facebook page, that they recently received their first IRIS-T SLM fire unit and destroyed seven Russian cruise missiles during their first operation.
Unless the fire unit was transferred from another unit (which is highly unlikely) this is a confirmation of the delivery of the 7th IRIS-T SLM fire unit. Another 13 of them are still pledged, of which 3 are planned to be delivered this year in addition to the one already delivered.