Estonian security support priorities for 2025: military goods and services and IT Coalition
Deputy Minister of Defense Serhii Boiev discussed with the Permanent Secretary of the Estonian Ministry of Defense Kaimo Kuusk the planning of assistance for 2025 and the priority needs of Ukraine.
Censor.NET reports that the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine informs.
The Ukrainian and Estonian sides summarized the international events that took place last week: a meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine, the NATO-Ukraine Council, the Munich Security Conference, etc. Serhii Boiev and Kaimo Kuusk agreed that despite any statements, the aggressor has not abandoned its plans and continues its terrorist actions.
"The main issue today is to increase the production capacities of European countries. Russia has not abandoned its plans, so we must be strong and increase funding for the security and defense sector. The defense industry must work at full capacity," emphasized Boiev.
Security support from Estonia was also one of the topics of the meeting. The parties discussed the list of defense products that can be produced independently and those that need to be purchased from other countries. The Estonian side promised to provide a list of military goods and services produced by Estonian companies in the near future, which will be transferred to Ukraine in accordance with the priority needs.
Activities of the IT Coalition and the Drone Coalition
The team of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine familiarized the Estonian colleagues with the priorities within the Coalitions and mechanisms to speed up the procurement of necessary components. In his turn, Kaimo Kuusk informed about Estonia's plans to contribute to the IT Coalition in 2025 and to achieve the production of FPV drones in the country.
In addition, the topics of conversation were: The recent opening of the Joint NATO-Ukraine Center for Analysis, Training and Education (JATEC) in Poland, the equipping of the North Baltic Brigade, and cooperation in defense innovation. Summarizing the meeting, the parties characterized it as pragmatic and expressed readiness to develop joint projects.
