Fedorov and Pistorius have agreed to launch the Brave Germany programme
This was reported by the Ukrinform news agency.
“Today, Germany is the world’s leading provider of security assistance to Ukraine. It accounts for around a third of all aid to our country. I would also like to express my gratitude for the quality of the support and for backing key areas of our country’s defence. First and foremost – air defence,” Fedorov noted following the signing of the documents.
According to him, this involves the procurement of hundreds of missiles for Patriot systems, which were supplied and funded by Germany. He also recalled that Ukraine and Germany recently signed a major contract, which Germany has already begun to fund.
“Next year we will start receiving these missiles, and this is an unprecedented aid package for us,” Fedorov noted, adding that thanks to the funding for additional missiles, Ukraine was able to survive the winter and protect critical infrastructure.
“In winter, on Mr Boris’s personal initiative at the UDCG, in the ‘Ramstein’ format, he initiated support for an additional PAC-3 package for our country so that in January, February and March, when Russia was attacking our critical infrastructure, we could receive missiles from European stockpiles. And this was an unprecedented initiative,” Fedorov emphasised.
He also expressed his gratitude for other areas of assistance in air defence, including funding for interceptor drones, IRIS-T systems and the missiles for them. Fedorov assured that both sides are continuing to proceed according to the plan approved at the last ‘Ramstein’ meeting.
As a reminder, earlier, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, during a visit to Kyiv, announced his intention to expand cooperation with Ukraine in the development of new weapons. This includes, in particular, the joint production of long-range unmanned systems.
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