Germany announces spring package of military aid to Ukraine worth €1 billion

Boris Pistorius, the Federal Minister of Defence of Germany, has announced a spring package of military aid to Ukraine worth of more than EUR1 billion. Source: Pistorius, on the sidelines of Ramstein Format Meeting; European Pravda, citing ZDF Details: According to Pistorius, the package will include 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, seven Gepard anti-aircraft self-propelled artillery systems, additional guided missiles for the Iris-T anti-aircraft missile system, and another Iris-T unit.

In total, the "spring package" includes the dispatch of military aid worth more than EUR1 billion, Pistorius said. Thus, the total worth of the military aid provided by Germany will exceed EUR3.3 billion.

"Germany will not stop and will not give up supporting Ukraine," Pistorius said. The Minister also reported that Western allies have yet to agree on giving Ukraine Leopard 2 main battle tanks, but he instructed his ministry to inspect tanks' stockpiles for potential supply.

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