About fifty allies of Kyiv, who have joined the contact group for the defense of Ukraine, known as the “Ramstein group”, have created several working groups, called “coalitions”, to organize the supply of weapons to Kyiv against Moscow, according to AFP.

The goal is also to involve manufacturers in joint work.

According to the US Department of Defense, there are drone, air defense and artillery groups, as well as maritime security, mine clearance, aviation and information technology.

We will remind you that the Ramstein group was created in April 2022 at the American base of the same name in Germany to study “various opportunities, systems and means that Ukrainians need”, according to NATO. Here are the main coalitions at the moment.

Drones

At a NATO meeting on Thursday, Britain announced it would join Latvia in leading a coalition of countries to organize the delivery of thousands of drones to Ukraine in the face of a Russian invasion.

As part of this action, Great Britain will organize the production, including by British manufacturers, of drones “on a large scale and at affordable prices,” the ministry’s press release says.

The aim is to produce FPV (first-person view) drones, in particular, “that have proven to be extremely effective on the ground after a large-scale invasion launched by Russia,” London added.

Equipped with a virtual reality headset, their pilot can see images of the terrain in real time, as if he were directly on board.

Gepard photo: dpa picture alliance / Alamy / Alamy / Profimedia

air defense

France and Germany, along with Spain, Poland and ten other countries, launched a surface-to-air air defense coalition in Brussels on Wednesday.

The goal of the coalition is to “strengthen the air defense of the Ukrainian armed forces to, among other things, allow Ukraine to be more effective on the ground and protect Ukrainians,” according to the French Ministry of the Armed Forces.

Artillery

On January 18, in Paris, France and the United States launched an “artillery coalition” with 23 signatories, including Great Britain, Germany and Spain, with the aim of strengthening Ukraine’s military potential against Russia.

“There is no alternative to modern artillery, we must continue our efforts and increase the production of ammunition,” said Defense Minister of Ukraine Rustem Umerov during the opening of this working group.

France will supply Kiev with 18 Nexter-made Caesar guns (part of the Franco-German KNDS group) and has announced that it can produce 60 more if allies provide financing.

Howitzer Caesar Photo: AP Footage / Alamy / Alamy / Profimedia

These guns will need ammunition.

Of the one million missiles promised by the European Union by the spring of 2024, only 300,000 had been delivered by mid-January, lamented Cedric Perrin, chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations and Defense Committee.

“National and European production is extremely low, and the current economy does not meet Ukrainian expectations,” he insisted. (See also: Macron asks military industry to accelerate transition to “war economy”: “Russian victory would be the end of European security”)

Every day, the Ukrainians produce 5 to 8 thousand shells, and the Russian side – 10-15 thousand, the parliamentarian noted, noting that France produces 20 thousand 155-mm shells a year, “equivalent to three to four days of hostilities in Ukraine.” . “.

F-16 jets…

On July 11, Ukraine announced the creation of a “coalition” of 11 countries to train its pilots on F-16 fighter jets, which Kyiv demands to provide.

“A coalition has been created for F-16 training for the Air Force of Ukraine! Today, 11 partner countries and Ukraine signed a memorandum,” the Minister of Defense of Ukraine wrote on Twitter. This coalition includes Great Britain, Canada and European countries, in particular Romania.

This year, Ukraine expects to finally receive F-16 fighters, in particular from Denmark and the Netherlands. She long ago asked them to protect her troops, advance along the front line and devastate the Russian rear.