Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for the Internal Market, says the European Union has started preparations to open a Defence Innovation Office in Kyiv. Source: Thierry Breton during the EU-Ukraine Defence Industries Forum, as reported by European Pravda Details: Breton said the EU recently voted in favour of a new defence industry strategy, which is "meant not only to support the European defence industry, but also to enhance ties between the European and the Ukrainian defence industries".
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Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian military fast attack craft on May 6, Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) reported. The attack was reportedly carried out with a Magura V5 multi-purpose sea drone in occupied Crimea overnight.
The German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall will supply Ukraine with "hundreds of thousands" of shells in 2024, including prototypes of artillery shells with a range of 100 kilometers, CEO Armin Papperger said.
At a meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered all possible measures to be taken to reduce the timeframe for delivering weapons from Ukraine's international partners to the battlefield.