German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (right) was in Kiev for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selenskyj. (archive picture)
Keystone
Germany will provide Ukraine with 60 additional missiles for the Iris-T air defense system to defend against Russian attacks in the short term. According to the German news agency DPA, the delivery is to be made from Bundeswehr stocks.
Keystone-SDA
15.01.2025, 05:46
15.01.2025, 05:47
SDA
The military aid is the result of government talks held by Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) in Kiev. The total cost of the missiles is around 60 million euros. Due to the difficult situation in Ukraine, the decision was made without the subsequent financing having been clarified.
Pistorius had also met the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selenskyj in Kiev the previous day. The Defense Minister expressed the expectation that a solution would be found in ongoing negotiations in Germany regarding further aid for Ukraine amounting to three billion euros.
However, he pointed out that there was no budget for 2025 following the break-up of the traffic light coalition. "This is a fiscal problem and we have to solve it. We are working on it," he said. And: "I am still optimistic that we will find a solution."