Lithuania to buy 3 000 drones for Ukraine
Source: Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced that Lithuania will purchase 3,000 drones for Ukraine, and will also allocate 15 million euros for rehabilitation programs for wounded Ukrainian soldiers.
Lithuania also provides 35 million euros to the Czech initiative for the purchase of artillery ammunition.
In addition, Lithuania is taking an active part in the reconstruction of Ukraine and will allocate 5 million euros for education and 12 million euros for helping veterans, rebuilding schools and kindergartens, and setting up bomb shelters.
The Prime Minister of Ukraine thanked Lithuania for its readiness to participate in the implementation of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s peace formula and its contribution to the European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine.
Denys Shmyhal also expressed gratitude to Lithuania for its clear position on blocking the export of Russian and Belarusian agricultural products to the EU, as well as for its leadership in the sanctions implementation.
After the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukraine witnessed an unprecedented wave of private support for the army. Citizens, big businesses, charitable foundations, and international philanthropists began financing the country’s defense alongside state assistance provided by international partners. Estimates of total private contributions range from tens to hundreds of billions of hryvnias. However, determining the exact amount remains difficult. In many cases, companies combine military aid, humanitarian programs, tax payments, social spending, and employee support in their reporting.
Rinat Akhmetov’s military initiative, “Steel Front”, has delivered a batch of drones worth UAH 214 million to the 1st “Azov” Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine. This shipment is part of the Metinvest Group’s ongoing support for the unit in 2025.
On October 6, the Administrative Cassation Court within the Supreme Court of Ukraine continued hearing case No. 990/80/25, in which the fifth President and leader of the party “European Solidarity”, Petro Poroshenko, seeks to have Presidential Decree No. 81/2025 from February 12, 2025 — enacting sanctions by the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) — declared illegal and annulled. The plaintiff claims the document was falsified and that the sanctions are a tool of political persecution of the opposition, contrary to international norms. Government representatives deny the allegations and insist their actions were lawful. Journalists of Bukvy were present at the hearing.
Rinat Akhmetov’s Metinvest Group has completed the construction of an upgraded underground NATO Role 2 hospital in one of the hottest sectors of the frontline. This is the second stabilization point established under the Steel Front initiative in cooperation with the Medical Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The new facility, funded by Metinvest with an investment of UAH 21 million, is more secure than the first one thanks to its deeper location underground (over 6 meters) and additional fortifications.
Five armored vehicles “Kozak” have received a new mission – thanks to the support of Metinvest, they have been upgraded to full-fledged command and staff vehicles. These upgraded vehicles are now operating on the front line.