PoliticsWar This 12 months, the drone coalition is allocating €2.75B to help Ukraine. Thursday, Could 29, 2025

Latvian Protection Minister Andris Spruds introduced in the course of the worldwide drone coalition summit in Riga that Turkey and Belgium wish to be a part of this coalition, growing the entire to twenty international locations. The coalition member states have dedicated to offering €2.75B this 12 months to help Ukraine.

“We can ship extra drones to Ukraine, whereas strengthening the protection industries of Latvia, the EU, and NATO international locations. The becoming a member of of latest allies to the coalition will enable us to supply Ukraine with the required help within the struggle towards the aggressor,” Spruds emphasised.

He added that the coalition member states have made a joint contribution of roughly €180M to the joint drone procurement fund led by Britain. The fund is meant for centralized procurement of unmanned applied sciences together with nationwide help measures for every coalition member state.

In 2025, Latvia plans to allocate €20M for the acquisition of drones and one other €10M for cooperation tasks between Latvian and Ukrainian enterprises throughout the coalition. Final 12 months, Latvia allotted €20M to help Ukraine, offering virtually 5,000 fight drones.