At "Ramstein," over $1.7 billion in aid to Ukraine for air defense and ammunition was announced - Ministry of Defense
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Ukraine's partners at the 35th Ramstein meeting allocated over $1.7 billion. Of this, $1.2 billion will go to air defense, and $540 million to long-range artillery ammunition.
Ukraine's partners during the 35th meeting of the Contact Group on Defense in the "Ramstein" format announced the allocation of over $1.7 billion to strengthen air defense and purchase long-range artillery ammunition. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on Telegram, writes UNN.
Details
According to the ministry, about $1.2 billion will be directed to strengthen Ukrainian air defense. Nearly $1 billion of this amount will come through the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) mechanism, which involves the purchase of American weapons using funds from European partners.
Thanks to the PURL mechanism, Ukraine receives critically important missiles for Patriot systems. The largest contributions to the program were announced by Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, and Sweden.
In addition, Germany is allocating an additional $200 million under the JUMPSTART program for long-term purchases of missiles for Patriot systems.
Funds for long-range ammunition
Partners also announced the allocation of about $540 million for the purchase of extended-range artillery ammunition for Ukraine.
Norway, Denmark, Spain, Lithuania, and Luxembourg are making significant contributions to the funding of this area, the Ministry of Defense noted.
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