Germany to provide Ukraine with additional missiles for IRIS-T air defence systems
www.pravda.com.ua
Thu, 09 Jan 2025 18:17:56 +0200
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has announced plans to provide Ukraine with interceptor missiles for the IRIST air defence system in the near future.
Source Pistorius at the Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting at Ramstein Air Base, as reported by European Pravda, citing ntv Details These munitions had initially been intended for the Bundeswehr, but they will now be shipped directly to Ukraine.
Quote We are supplying them to Ukraine first before replenishing our stocks, Pistorius said.
The German Defence Ministry said Ukraine will receive almost 50 missiles for the IRIST system.
Background In early September, Scholz announced that Germany had ordered a total of 17 IRIST air defence systems for Ukraine, consisting of eight mediumrange SLM and nine shortrange SLS systems.
In December, Germany announced the transfer of a new military aid package to Ukraine that includes IRIST SLM/SLS air defence systems.
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