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• Swiss veto Danish request to re-export Piranha 3 armoured vehicles to Ukraine
• Wagner’s wagon spotted in Ukraine for first time
• Ukraine receives RQ-20 unarmed aerial vehicles donated by US
• Ukrainian troops ambush convoy of Russian elite soldiers
• Ukrainian forces get new batch of French-made Caesar howitzers
• Slovakia confirms plans to deliver Zuzana 2 howitzers to Ukraine

Swiss veto Danish request to re-export Piranha 3 armoured vehicles to Ukraine Posted: 01 Jun 2022 08:38 AM PDT Neutral Switzerland has turned down Denmark’s requests to approve the shipment of Swiss-made Mowag Piranha III 8×8 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine, Swiss broadcaster SRF reported on Wednesday. The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), a Swiss government body in charge of arms exports, rejected the Danish request on the grounds of the country's neutrality, […] The post Swiss veto Danish request to re-export Piranha 3 armoured vehicles to Ukraine first appeared on Defence Blog.

Wagner’s wagon spotted in Ukraine for first time Posted: 01 Jun 2022 08:12 AM PDT A rare armored vehicle belonging to Russian mercenaries from a shadowy company called Wagner was spotted in Ukraine. The footage, which was reportedly filmed in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, shows a damaged and abandoned Chekan armored vehicle of the Kremlin-backed Wagner Group. The Chekan, known popularly as “Wagner’s wagon”, is a mine-resistant, ambush protected vehicle (MRAP) build […] The post Wagner's wagon spotted in Ukraine for first time first appeared on Defence Blog.

Ukraine receives RQ-20 unarmed aerial vehicles donated by US Posted: 01 Jun 2022 01:02 AM PDT Ukrainian Army received a fresh shipment of hand-launched surveillance drones called the RQ-20 Puma, according to the Armyinform.com.ua. The Armyinform.com.ua has reported that Ukrainian Soldiers already use the new Puma hand-launched unarmed aerial vehicle donated by the United States on the battlefield in the Zaporizhzhia region. The drone has a range of about 12 miles […] The post Ukraine receives RQ-20 unarmed aerial vehicles donated by US first appeared on Defence Blog.

Ukrainian troops ambush convoy of Russian elite soldiers Posted: 31 May 2022 05:26 AM PDT Ukrainian Soldiers destroy a convoy of Russian BMD light tracked armored vehicles with an improvised explosive device set up on a stretch of road. The Ukrainian military said the attack was carried out by members of the 80th Airmobile Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces (DShV) in the eastern region of Donetsk Oblast. “You […] The post Ukrainian troops ambush convoy of Russian elite soldiers first appeared on Defence Blog.

Ukrainian forces get new batch of French-made Caesar howitzers Posted: 31 May 2022 04:45 AM PDT Ukrainian Army will get a new batch of French-made CAESAR self-propelled wheeled howitzers, French Foreign Affairs Minister Catherine Colonna said at a May 30 briefing in Kyiv. “There will be new deliveries of CAESAR self-propelled artillery systems soon, and we will continue to work together in this context,” Colonna told a joint media briefing with Ukrainian Foreign […] The post Ukrainian forces get new batch of French-made Caesar howitzers first appeared on Defence Blog.

Slovakia confirms plans to deliver Zuzana 2 howitzers to Ukraine Posted: 31 May 2022 04:31 AM PDT Defnce24 reported that Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Naď confirmed that 155mm Zuzana 2 self-propelled howitzers will be supplied to Ukraine. Ukrainian troops are receiving training on how to use the 155mm Zuzana 2 self-propelled howitzer, according to Jaroslav Naď. Slovakia will transfer eight 155mm self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine. The Zuzana 2 is a wheeled 155mm […] The post Slovakia confirms plans to deliver Zuzana 2 howitzers to Ukraine first appeared on Defence Blog.

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