“In a conversation with journalists in Kyiv, the head of the special staff for Ukraine at the German Ministry of Defense, Major General Christian Freuding, said that Ukraine will receive two short- and medium-range IRIS-T air defense systems from Germany by the end of 2024.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
In a conversation with journalists in Kyiv, the head of the special staff for Ukraine at the German Ministry of Defense, Major General Christian Freuding, said that Ukraine will receive two short- and medium-range IRIS-T air defense systems from Germany by the end of 2024.
Source: “European truth”
Details: Freuding noted that in recent days, Germany has transferred artillery howitzers, tanks, Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine, and also started a program of attack drones.
Direct speech: “The next IRIS-T SLM (medium-range) and SLS (short-range) systems should arrive in Ukraine in the coming days and weeks, before Christmas. But our support will continue after Christmas, and after January 1, and after January 21, and after February 23 – the proposed date of federal elections in Germany”.
Prehistory:
- In early September, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that Germany had ordered a total of 17 IRIS-T air defense systems for Ukraine. These are eight medium-range systems (SLM) and another nine short-range (SLS).
- As of the beginning of October, four SLM and three SLS systems were in Ukraine. After that, the German Ministry of Defense reported on the transfer of two SLM and SLS systems, and Scholz, in a conversation with President Volodymyr Zelenskyi, promised to deliver another IRIS-T system by the end of the year.