New aid package from Germany: 155-mm shells, drone detection systems, tractors
The German government has added a new package of aid to the list of military aid to Ukraine, including 3,840 155-millimetre artillery shells. Source: European Pravda Overall, the new aid package includes: 3,840 rounds of 155mm ammunition; 5 drone detection systems; 4 8x8 HX81 truck tractor trains and semi-trailers; 8 Zetros trucks; 3 vehicles (trucks, minibuses, all-terrain vehicles); 2 border protection vehicles; 1 mobile antenna mast system; 25 laser range finders; 15 HLR 338 sniper rifles and 60 rounds of ammunition; 250 tool kits with explosive materials.
The German government has added a new package of aid to the list of military aid to Ukraine, including 3,840 155-millimetre artillery shells.
Source: European Pravda
Overall, the new aid package includes:
- 3,840 rounds of 155mm ammunition;
- 5 drone detection systems;
- 4 8x8 HX81 truck tractor trains and semi-trailers;
- 8 Zetros trucks;
- 3 vehicles (trucks, minibuses, all-terrain vehicles);
- 2 border protection vehicles;
- 1 mobile antenna mast system;
- 25 laser range finders;
- 15 HLR 338 sniper rifles and 60 rounds of ammunition;
- 250 tool kits with explosive materials.
Background:
- In the previous package, which the German government announced on 22 November, Kyiv received 20 more Marder infantry fighting vehicles with ammunition.
- Earlier, German Federal Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius visited Kyiv, where he announced a new package of military aid worth EUR 1.3 billion. This package contains, among other things, four additional IRIS-T-SLM air defence systems, as well as 20,000 155-mm artillery shells and anti-tank weapons.
- Boris Pistorius, Federal Minister of Defence of Germany, confirmed media reports that Germany would double military aid to Kyiv for 2024 to EUR 8 billion.
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