Ukraine's Foreign Minister meets Rheinmetall head, hints there will be more arms

Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, has met with the head of the Rheinmetall company and discussed expanding the cooperation of the German and Ukrainian defence industries.

Source: European Pravda with reference to Kuleba’s post on Twitter (X)

Details: Kuleba reported that he had met with Armin Papperger, CEO of Rheinmetall, in Berlin.

Quote: "Ukraine will have more weapons and ammunition to defend itself, protect civilians and infrastructure from Russian attacks. We discussed ways to further bolster the German and Ukrainian defense industries alliance."

Background: In October, it was announced that Ukraine had officially registered a joint venture between Rheinmetall and the Ukrainian Defence Industry.

Before that, Rheinmetall announced another order by the Bundeswehr for the supply of 150,000 artillery shells for Ukraine.

It was also reported that in 2023, Ukraine became the largest buyer of German armament.

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