Ukraine to receive short-range air defence systems from Lithuania – photo
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Mon, 24 Feb 2025 18:51:52 +0200
Lithuania will soon deliver RBS 70 shortrange air defence systems to Ukraine.
Source Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT, citing Lithuanias President Gitanas Nausda on Monday, 24 February, as reported by European Pravda Details LRT reported that Nausda had made the announcement during his visit to Kyiv, where he attended the International Summit on the Support of Ukraine.
Lithuania, for its part, already has good news for Ukraine, and we will soon be delivering the RBS 70 shortrange air defence systems, he said.
Lithuanian troops operating an RBS 70 shortrange air defence system.
Photo LRT Notably, Ukrainian forces destroyed a modern Russian Ka52 helicopter using an RBS 70 in August 2023.
The RBS 70 Mk 2 version has a range of up to seven kilometres for aerial targets, while the RBS 70 NG version extends this range to up to nine kilometres.
This system is characterised by the use of a cold start for missile launches and a laser track for targeting.
Background On 24 February, Lithuanian President Nausda proposed setting 1 January 2030 as the target date for Ukraines EU accession.
On the same day, several countries Sweden, Spain, Norway, Canada and Denmark also announced aid packages for Ukraine.
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, revealed that Ukraine would receive a new 3.5 billion payment from the EU in March.
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