Germany will provide Ukraine with military goods worth more than seven billion euros in 2024
17 January, 2024 Illustrative photo of the Gepard anti-aircraft gun. Photo from open sources In 2024, Germany will provide Ukraine with military goods worth more than seven billion euros.
The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stated this in his post on X (ex-Twitter). Scholz made this statement during a telephone conversation with U.S. President Joseph Biden on January 16.
The leaders discussed the situation in the Middle East and support for Ukraine. The Chancellor and the President agreed that they wanted to continue to provide financial, humanitarian, and military assistance to Ukraine. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby also confirmed the conversation during his briefing.
Ukrainian Leopard 2A6 in the forests of Kreminna, December 2023.
Photo credits: Libkos
"The President spoke today with Chancellor Scholz in the framework of our close coordination, of course, with Germany on a number of important issues. And this, of course, includes support for Ukraine and the importance of this support," he noted. In early January, Militarnyi reported an increase in military assistance from Germany.
The new package included ammunition, missiles for air defense systems, along with the Skynex short-range anti-aircraft system.
Skynex air defense system. Photo credits: Rheinmetall
The list of weapons that Berlin handed over to Kyiv also included an undeclared amount of ammunition for Leopard 2A6 tanks. In general, the German defense aid package included:
- 10 Marder infantry fighting vehicles;
- IRIS-T SLM missiles;
- 2 TRML-4D air surveillance radars;
- Skynex air defense system;
- 9,080 rounds of 155mm ammunition;
- 2 Wisent 1 mine clearing tanks and a Beaver bridge-laying tank;
- 3350 combat helmets;
- 30 drone detection systems;
- 10 GO12 ground surveillance radars;
- 10 Zetros trucks;
- 3 HX81 truck tractor trains and 1 semi-trailer;
- 34 vehicles;
- 305 MK556 assault rifles and 750,000 million rounds of ammunition for firearms.
In addition, 1,152 winter camouflage nets and two thousand winter camouflage ponchos were provided.
A Ukrainian soldier near the Marder 1A3 IFV.
Photo from the open sources
Last December, it was announced that Germany would transfer more Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine than previously reported.
According to the updated list of assistance, the country has financed or already handed over 120 Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicles to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Out of these 120 units, 40 infantry fighting vehicles were transferred from the warehouses of the Rheinmetall defense concern and have undergone appropriate repairs.