Lithuania will help Ukraine produce long-range drones, – Umerov

Lithuania's Defense Minister Laurinas Kasciunas and Ukraine's Defense Minister have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a mechanism to support the security and defense forces. The new round of cooperation will facilitate investments in the Ukrainian defense industry.

In particular, the memorandum will open up new opportunities for Lithuanian investment in the Ukrainian defense industry. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov.

The head of the defense ministry emphasized that the memorandum envisages a long-term agreement, under which the first tranche of EUR 10 million has already been agreed. In particular, Umerov noted that the Lithuanian side is already working on finalizing bureaucratic procedures, and the first tranche to support Ukrainian DeepStrike will be transferred in the near future.

"In addition to signing the memorandum, we discussed our key priorities for 2025: training and equipping Ukrainian brigades, providing ammunition, air defense systems, and developing cooperation in the defense industry. We thank Lithuania for its support and trust in Ukrainian technologies," Umerov said.

As a reminder, Switzerland has banned the export of ammunition to a Polish company after about 645,000 Swiss-made small-caliber shells entered Ukraine.

Earlier it was reported that Canada had handed over another NASAMS anti-aircraft missile system to Ukraine. The air defense system was ordered from the United States in 2023.

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