German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says that Germany will soon provide Ukraine with the third Patriot system, IRIS-T and Gepard missiles, rockets and ammunition.
“Ukraine’s most important need today is ammunition and weapons, especially air defense. Therefore, in the coming weeks and months, we will supply Ukraine with the third Patriot system, IRIS-T, Cheetahs, missiles and ammunition,” he said at a conference on Ukraine’s recovery on Tuesday.
According to him, since February 24, 2022, Germany has provided Ukraine with 30 billion euros in military aid, as well as billions in humanitarian aid.
“I would like to address all those present and ask you to support our initiative to increase the capacity of the Ukrainian air defense with everything you can,” Scholz urged.
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The Netherlands, together with Denmark, will produce CV90 infantry fighting vehicles for Ukraine, and together with Germany – Patriot.
This was announced on Friday by the Dutch government.
“The Netherlands, together with Denmark, is participating in a €400 million Swedish fund to create CV90 infantry fighting vehicles for Ukraine. Most of them will be produced in the Netherlands. In addition, Germany is launching a European assembly line for Patriot missiles, partly due to demand from the Netherlands,” the press release said.
In addition, the Dutch Ministry of Defense is also investing 54 million euros in the Dutch industry to develop drones for its own armed forces. This is included in the action plan to increase the production and supply of military equipment, the Dutch government said.
Germany will provide Ukraine with another US-made Patriot air defense missile system and a EUR500 million aid package, the German Foreign Ministry’s social media account X reported on Friday, citing the head of the ministry, Annalena Burbock.
“In NATO, we adhere to the principle of ‘one for all, all for one’. Putin’s brutal aggression against Ukraine and his provocations on the external borders of the EU and NATO require our unwavering unity. International law is unequivocal: states under attack not only have the right to defend their territory, but also have an obligation to protect their citizens. Our military support to Ukraine is consistent with these principles,” Burbock said at the NATO meeting in Prague.
Germany intends to allocate another EUR60 million for humanitarian aid to Ukraine, especially for the eastern regions, German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock said.
She said this before a meeting with her EU counterparts in Brussels on Monday.
“Further humanitarian aid. As the federal government, we are allocating another EUR 60 million, especially for the east of Ukraine. Because there is still a lack of everything in eastern Ukraine,” she said.
Burbock emphasized that Ukrainians have been suffering under the Russian terrorist occupation for more than two and a half years, and Germany is trying to continue to deliver humanitarian aid to eastern Ukraine together with international partners.
She also noted that Russian terror specifically targets people and normal life in Ukraine.
“Our full support is even more important at this time. We want peace, and Ukraine needs support in all its dimensions to ensure peace,” Burbank said.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced the transfer of another Iris-T air defense system to Ukraine, the German defense ministry’s social network X reported on Friday.
“We have once again delivered to Ukraine a combined fire unit consisting of the IRIS T SLM and IRIS T SLS, a modern and well-proven medium and short-range air defense system, directly from the German industry,” Pistorius said.
He noted that the new air defense system will strengthen Ukraine’s air defense along with the recently delivered Patriot system.
Germany is ready to quickly redirect proceeds from frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine, Reuters reports.
“If there is a legally possible mechanism that will allow us to better manage these financial flows from frozen assets in the future, we are definitely open,” the publication quotes its sources in the German Ministry of Finance as saying.
At the same time, Reuters reports that Germany insists that it is ready to confiscate only the income from Russian sovereign assets, not the assets themselves. According to the German Ministry of Finance, this approach will allow to comply with the fundamental principle of sovereign immunity of states.
It is reported that next week this issue will be discussed at a meeting of the G7 finance ministers in Italy, to which Ukraine has also been invited.
