German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius stated during a meeting in the Ramstein format that Berlin would allocate an additional 2 billion euros to Ukraine, which was previously announced.
"We will continue and expand our support for Ukraine. Under new contracts, Germany will provide additional support of over 2 billion euros," Pistorius said.
According to him, the support will include air defense systems, including Patriot interceptors, radar complexes, artillery systems with high-precision weapons, missiles and ammunition. In addition, Germany plans to transfer two additional IRIS-T air defense systems with a large number of guided missiles, portable anti-aircraft systems, anti-tank weapons, modern communications equipment and small arms.
"At the same time, we will continue to expand cooperation between the defense industry of Germany and Ukraine," - said the minister.
Pistorius emphasized that Germany will also begin a project to modernize weapons that have already been transferred to Ukraine to extend their service life and adapt them to war conditions.
He added that after the meeting, it is planned to sign a memorandum of cooperation between the defense industry of Ukraine and Germany.
