Germany Gives Ukraine €2.7-B In New Military Aid

Germany has announced a new consignment of military aid to Ukraine, boosting its contribution after months of pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz to speed up the delivery of vital battlefield hardware, Euronews reported.

Photo Insert: The deliveries will include 30 additional Leopard-1 A5 tanks, 20 new Marder armored vehicles, and more than 100 other smaller armored vehicles.

The government in Berlin said this morning it was preparing a new €2.7 billion military aid package for Ukraine, including the delivery of many tanks, armor and air defense systems.

"We all want a rapid end to this atrocious war by Russia against the Ukrainian people," German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said in a statement. "That is why Germany will provide all the help it can, for as long as necessary."

The deliveries will include 30 additional Leopard-1 A5 tanks, 20 new Marder armored vehicles, and more than 100 other smaller armored vehicles.

Included as well are 200 surveillance drones, four new Iris-T air defense systems, and their launch platforms, numerous missiles for air defense, 18 howitzer guns and ammunition, the Agence France-Presse (AFP) also reported.

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