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Northrop planning to build munitions inside Ukraine

Northrop’s coproduction agreement is the first publicly acknowledged deal between a US defense prime and the Ukrainian government for a manufacturing project inside Ukraine.

Northrop Grumman plans to produce medium caliber ammunition inside Ukraine under a project bankrolled by Ukrainian dollars, a company official said today.

Although several European defense firms have committed to large-scale manufacturing programs inside Ukraine’s borders, Northrop’s coproduction agreement is the first publicly acknowledged deal between a US defense prime and the Ukrainian government for a manufacturing project inside Ukraine.

“We’ve been working, as you know, in Ukraine to produce medium [caliber munitions]. That’s our first project that’s paid for with Ukrainian dollars. We are looking to expand that into tank ammo, 155 mm, others as we find innovative processes,” said Dave Bartell, director of international business for Northrop’s defense systems sector.

Kreml har pekat ut det ryska protestnätverket Put Domoi (Vägen hem) som en ”utländsk agent”, skriver oberoende Moscow Times. Nätverket utgörs av kvinnliga släktingar till mobiliserade soldater.

In February, dozens of reporters, including a Reuters video journalist, were briefly detained while covering a demonstration by a group called Way Home.
Paulina said Monday's action was not affiliated with Way Home, which Russia on Friday designated a "foreign agent", a term which carries negative Soviet-era connotations of spying.