Overview
- The Ramstein-format Ukraine Defense Contact Group, which coordinates allied military aid, meets on April 15 as Ukraine briefs progress on its War Plan.
- Ukraine plans to ask partners to prioritize layered air defenses, expanded unmanned systems, and exchanges of battlefield data and technologies.
- Germany and Ukraine prepared near-term projects that strengthen air defenses, fund deep- and mid-range strike drones, and pursue joint tech development with laser weapons under discussion.
- Norway backed a program that guarantees each Ukrainian brigade a monthly baseline of drones, which Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said will raise frontline effectiveness.
- Ukraine offered allies access to its combat data and homegrown systems, including counter-Shahed know-how, while citing a March claim that interceptor drones destroyed more than 33,000 Russian drones.