“Ukraine and Italy discussed the possibility of using revenues from frozen Russian assets to purchase Italian-made air defense systems and ammunition for these systems. This is reported by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Brigadier General Anatoly Klochko, held talks with the delegation of the Defense Industry Agency of the Ministry of Defense of Italy. “We are interested, among other things, in ammunition of various calibers and anti-aircraft systems”, — write on: ua.news
Ukraine and Italy discussed the possibility of using revenues from frozen Russian assets to purchase Italian-made air defense systems and ammunition for these systems.
This is reported by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Brigadier General Anatoly Klochko, held talks with the delegation of the Defense Industry Agency of the Ministry of Defense of Italy.
“We are interested, among other things, in ammunition of various calibers and air defense systems. However, it is worth understanding the cost and terms during which they can be delivered to the Defense Forces of Ukraine,” said Klochko.
The deputy minister thanked the Italian partners for their support since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation.
In addition, Klochko, representatives of the Ministry of Strategy and Industry and the General Staff of the Armed Forces got acquainted with the products of Italian defense companies, and the representative of the Agency for Defense Industry of the Ministry of Defense of Italy, Marcello Mele, presented the key directions of the agency’s work and familiarized them with the mechanisms of potential cooperation.
The Italian delegation expressed readiness for the country to become not only an important partner in supporting Ukraine, but also to participate in the correct distribution of the EU budget for the use of all the capabilities of Ukrainian industry, including.
The parties agreed to continue work to implement the idea of creating joint industrial projects.
Earlier, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iceland Torgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir held a meeting. The parties discussed the issue of confiscation of frozen Russian assets and the fight against the shadow fleet of the Russian Federation.
And the British parliamentarians appealed to the government with the demand to develop a legal mechanism for the transfer to Ukraine of 300 billion dollars, which make up the frozen reserves of the Central Bank of Russia. The letter was signed by dozens of UK parliamentarians, as well as politicians from Germany, Poland and the Baltic states.
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