“Germany stated on Friday that it will put two Patriot Air Defense systems to Ukraine after reaching an agreement with the United States that Berlin will be the first to receive new systems instead of transferred.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: statement by German Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius, quoted by Reuters; “European Truth”
Details: The head of the German defense department noted that thanks to the United States’s obligations, “Germany may first provide Ukraine with starting installations and then additional components of the Patriot system.”
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The Bundesver will first deliver additional Patriot starting installations to Ukraine in the coming days, and then, in two to three months, will transmit other elements of the system.
Instead, Germany will receive new Patriot systems from the United States.
It is known that on July 14, US President Donald Trump during a meeting with NATO Rutte General in Washington stated that the United States would not supply weapons to Ukraine for free – now it The purchase will be paid European countries and Canada.
The Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany in an interview with “European True” on the question of Patriot air defense systems and how much Ukraine expects to receive through German support, the Ambassador noted that this number is now changing.
“We first asked the Germans to buy two systems for us in the United States. After a meeting in Ramstin, it was publicly sounded that partners try to find five systems. However, we really need ten or more,” he said.
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