NATO says the weapons “packages will be prepared rapidly and issued on a regular basis.”
Emergency workers inspect a damaged car close to the multi-storey residential house that was ruined by a Russian missile Thursday night, killing 31 civilians including five children, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Aug.
1, 2025. after the Netherlands said it would provide air defense equipment, ammunition and other military aid worth 500 million euros .A look at the top buyers of Russian oil as Trump pressures China and India to stop buying itNetanyahu hints at expanded war in Gaza but former Israeli military and spy chiefs object Sweden also announced Tuesday it would contribute $275 million to a joint effort along with its Nordic neighbors Denmark and Norway to provide $500 million worth of air defenses, anti-tank weapons, ammunition and spare parts. Two deliveries of equipment, most of it bought in the United States, are expected this month, although the Nordic package is expected to arrive in September. The equipment is supplied based on Ukraine’s priority needs on the battlefield. NATO allies then locate the weapons and ammunition and send them on.Air defense systems are in greatest need. The United Nations has said that Russia’s relentless pounding of urban areas behind the front line has killed more than 12,000 Ukrainian civilians. Russia’s bigger army is also making slow but costly progress along the 620-mile front line. Currently, it is wagingto take the eastern city of Pokrovsk, a logistical hub whose fall could allow it to drive deeper into Ukraine.most of the equipment they plan to send from the United States, which has greater stocks of ready military materiel, as well as more effective weapons. The Trump administration is not giving any arms to Ukraine.Rescuers lay toys and flowers on the site of Russia’s Thursday night missile strike that hit a multistory residential house killing 31 civilians including five children in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. The Kiel Institute, which tracks support to Ukraine, estimates that as of June, European countries had provided 72 billion euros worth of military aid since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, compared to $65 billion in U.S. aid. Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans said that “American air defense systems and munitions, in particular, are crucial for Ukraine to defend itself.” Announcing the deliveries Monday, he said Russia’s attacks are “pure terror, intended to break Ukraine.” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed his gratitude to the Netherlands, posting on social media that “Ukraine, and thus the whole of Europe, will be better protected from Russian terror.” He said the deliveries are coming “at a time when Russia is trying to scale up its strikes. This will definitely help protect the lives of our people!” Germany said Friday it will deliver two more Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine in the coming days. It agreed to the move after securing assurances that the U.S. will prioritize the delivery of new Patriots to Germany to backfill its stocks. These weapon systems are only made in the U.S. As an organization, NATO provides only non-lethal assistance to Ukraine like uniforms, tents, medical supplies and logistics support. The 32-nation military alliance has mostly sought to protect NATO territory from possible Russian attack and avoid being dragged into a war against a nuclear power.European allies must now take care of their own security and that of their war-ravaged neighbor. Trump has made no public promise of weapons or economic support for Ukraine. Trump said on July 28 that the U.S. is “going to be sending now military equipment and other equipment to NATO, and they’ll be doing what they want, but I guess it’s for the most part working with Ukraine.”Arizona couple says ‘goodbye, San Diego’ after seeing tax on beach rentalTwo years ago, San Diego got money to restore a beloved statue. Locals are still waiting to ‘see our history back.’ Two years ago, San Diego got money to restore a beloved statue. Locals are still waiting to ‘see our history back.’$10-an-hour parking comes to Petco Park next monthSan Diego crews are clearing freeway encampments under a new agreement with the stateAlaska Airlines introduces new nonstop for winter travelers
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