Germany announces spring package of military aid to Ukraine worth €1 billion
Boris Pistorius, the Federal Minister of Defence of Germany, has announced a spring package of military aid to Ukraine worth of more than €1 billion.
Source: Pistorius, on the sidelines of Ramstein Format Meeting; European Pravda, citing ZDF
Details: According to Pistorius, the package will include 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, seven Gepard anti-aircraft self-propelled artillery systems, additional guided missiles for the Iris-T anti-aircraft missile system, and another Iris-T unit.
In total, the "spring package" includes the dispatch of military aid worth more than €1 billion, Pistorius said. Thus, the total worth of the military aid provided by Germany will exceed €3.3 billion.
"Germany will not stop and will not give up supporting Ukraine," Pistorius said.
The Minister also reported that Western allies have yet to agree on giving Ukraine Leopard 2 main battle tanks, but he instructed his ministry to inspect tanks’ stockpiles for potential supply.
Background:
- Mateusz Morawiecki, Polish Prime Minister, hinted that Warsaw could dispatch a company of German-made tanks to Ukraine without Berlin's consent if it waited for the approval for too long.
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