Agency Report –
Germany is set to deliver an additional 60 IRIS-T guided missiles to Ukraine to bolster its air-defence capabilities against Russian attacks, dpa learned on Wednesday.
The €60 million ($61.8 million) delivery is to be drawn from the stocks of Germany’s Armed Forces, or Bundeswehr.
The decision follows German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius’s visit to Kiev, where he held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday.
The defence minister assured Zelensky of Germany’s continued support following the upcoming parliamentary elections on February 23.
Pistorius also said he hoped that Germany would find a way to provide an additional €3 billion to Ukraine. Negotiations on the aid are ongoing as Germany is currently without a fixed budget for 2025 after the collapse of the three-way government coalition, which triggered the upcoming election.
“This is just a fiscal problem of the government we have to solve. And we are working on that,” he said, adding that he is optimistic that a solution will be found.
