Overview
- Defence Minister Yevheniy Khmara held phone talks with Germany’s Boris Pistorius and NATO secretary-general Mark Rutte to report a rise in Russian aerial attacks and to press for quicker air-defence support.
- The ministry identified loitering unmanned aerial vehicles, which hover and wait to strike, and ballistic missiles as the current key threats to cities and frontline units.
- Khmara urged partners for faster deliveries of air-defence systems and additional financing as the main priority in preparation for a Ramstein-format meeting planned in the coming days.
- Ukraine’s defence ministry is conducting an audit of materiel and personnel while Khmara met domestic defence firms to plan rapid scaling of production with frontline needs taking precedence.
- Officials said boosting exports of Ukrainian defence solutions could help grow the industrial base and raise funds for the war effort, complementing partner programmes such as PURL and prior estimates of roughly $27 billion in extra needs.