Ukraine to receive long-range weapons financed by Germany
The Ukrainian side will receive the first long-range weapons, financed by Germany, in July.
Source: Bundeswehr General Christian Freuding in an interview with ZDF TV channel, European Pravda reports
Details: The German general emphasised that Germany will support Ukraine by providing funding for the delivery of hundreds of long-range weapons.
Freuding said that the situation in Ukraine is currently "definitely tense in military terms", with Russian forces "on the offensive for several weeks, if not months".
"We need weapons systems that can penetrate deep into Russian territory and strike ammunition storage points, command posts, airfields and aircraft," he said.
The first long-range weapon systems, financed by Germany, are to be delivered at the end of July, the general said.
"And then there will be deliveries in the hundreds," he added.
Freudling noted that this will significantly strengthen Ukraine's air defence and capabilities in the coming weeks and months.
Background:
- At the end of May, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umierov signed an agreement in Berlin on the financing of Ukrainian-made long-range weapons.
- In early July, it became known that representatives of the German government had signed the first contract to finance military production in Ukraine, specifically long-range drones that had already been used to strike targets in Russia.
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