Last week, Prime Minister Mark Rutte visited Dutch troops in Lithuania, where the Netherlands contributes a force of 270 - 300 military personnel to NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence ..read more

Another military aircraft to the Middle East for airdrops The Netherlands is once again sending a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft to the Middle East, where later this month it will be deployed for lending humanitarian support to Gaza ..read more

Last week, King Willem-Alexander visited Operation Interflex. In this training programme in the United Kingdom, army units, including members of the Royal Netherlands Army, are providing training to Ukrainian military personnel ..read more

Military personnel train for possible responses to attack against NATO member state, as Russia watches on During the international military exercise Nordic Response, which took place last week, the main focus was on conducting training regarding the possible NATO responses to an attack against one of its member states ..read more

The French company Naval will build new submarines for the Netherlands Ministry of Defence. This provisional award decision was made following a careful tendering process. On behalf of the Dutch government, State Secretary for Defence Christophe van der Maat announced the winning shipyard today at Den Helder Naval Base ..read more

RNLN to contribute to security and freedom of navigation in the Red Sea HNLMS Tromp has departed for the Red Sea, where the air defence and command frigate will contribute to safety and free passage from the end of March ..read more

Last week, military clothing and equipment was stolen during transport from the Netherlands to the United Kingdom. The military goods were intended for Ukrainian military personnel undergoing training in the UK, and were stolen from the commercial truck transporting them ..read more

The Netherlands is to provide fast and highly manoeuvrable rubber and patrol boats as well as assault craft to Ukraine. The Netherlands also contributing € 250 million to the Czech initiative to order large numbers of artillery shells for Ukraine in the short term. This was reported by the government in a letter to the House of Representatives ..read more

The DITA self-propelled howitzer is a modern artillery system that can hit targets dozens of kilometres away. Ukraine urgently needs weapons of this kind. The Netherlands therefore recently ordered nine units for Ukraine. The weapons are part of a large Dutch order for Ukraine that is being fulfilled by two arms manufacturers in the Czech Republic. Netherlands Chief of Defence General Onno Eichelsheim paid them a visit yesterday ..read more

Defence marks 2 years of war in Ukraine The war in Ukraine has entered its third year. On 24 February 2022, Russian troops invaded the neighbouring country. An end to this illegal invasion is still not in sight. Ukraine is continuing to defend itself, partly thanks to the support of international partners ..read more