Ukraine receives new air defense agreements and sixth IRIS-T system from Germany
Kyiv • UNN
President Zelenskiy announces new air defense agreements after a visit to Brussels. Germany has provided Ukraine with an additional IRIS-T system, and the Foreign Ministry is working on obtaining 19 air defense systems to protect the energy sector.
Ukraine has returned from Brussels with new agreements on air defense. This was announced by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a video address, UNN reports.
"We have now returned from Brussels with new agreements on air defense. Also, Germany has already handed over an additional IRIS-T system - thank you. We will also respond to Russia's attacks on all our other cities - today the Russians carried out another barbaric shelling of Kherson," Zelensky said.
Germany hands over sixth IRIS-T system to Ukraine20.12.24, 11:46 • 23699 views
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Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhiy Tykhyi reportedthat work on the delivery of some of the 19 air defense systems needed is ongoing, and there is already an understanding of which systems will be transferred and where they will be located.
On December 19, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announcedthat Ukraine has requested 19 air defense systems to protect nuclear power distribution substations.
