The Government of Slovakia canceled a new military aid package to Ukraine

9 November, 2023 Kub SAM of the Armed Forces of Slovakia. Photo from open sources The Slovak government has canceled the fourteenth package of military aid to Ukraine, estimated at EUR40.3 million.

Aktuality reported on this. The former leadership of the Slovak Ministry of Defense prepared the assistance for transfer, and the new government under Robert Fico rejected it. The package was to include 4 million rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, 5,172 units of large-caliber 125mm ammunition, 140 missiles for the Kub surface-to-air missile system, eight mortars, and 1,200 mortars.

Slovakia previously handed over 13 military aid packages totaling about EUR671 million.

3M9 anti-aircraft guided missiles of the Kub surface-to-air missile system. Photo from open sources

The country supplied armored vehicles, artillery, air defense systems, ammunition, and aircraft to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In early October, Militarnyi reported that the Slovak President was blocking aid to Ukraine because of changes in the parliament, where Robert Fico won and promised voters to stop military aid to Ukraine.

"The results of democratically held elections must be respected, and the act of ignoring the position of the Social Democrats, which he promised voters (suspension of aid to Ukraine), will only set a bad precedent for the future," Slovak President Zuzana Caputova claimed. In addition, a social survey in Slovakia shows that the majority of people believe that Russia's invasion of Ukraine began because of the policies of Western countries. The previous Slovak government managed to deliver all 13 promised MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, with the first four aircraft being delivered in March of this year.

A MiG-29 fighter jet of the Slovak Air Force.

Photo credits: Ministry of Defense of Slovakia

Thanks to the previous Slovak government, the Armed Forces of Ukraine received S-300 launchers, infantry fighting vehicles, self-propelled artillery systems, and a large number of other weapons.

Despite the new government's policy, local volunteers continue helping Ukraine.

In September, Militarnyi reported that the Slovakian company Way Industries had started assembling a new Bozena-5 demining system for Ukraine.