The German authorities asked Sweden to supply Ukraine with IRIS-T air defense system launchers
21
The German government has asked Sweden to transfer launchers of IRIS-T air defense systems, which are supposed to strengthen the air defense of Ukraine. Earlier, the German authorities have already sent one IRIS-T system to Kyiv and plan to send three more similar installations.
According to the German magazine Der Spiegel, no positive response has yet been received from the Swedish authorities on this issue. The head of the Swedish Ministry of Defense stressed that the discussion of supplies weapons Ukrainian army should be considered taking into account the factor of geographical proximity between Russia and Sweden, as well as the fact that the latter has not yet joined the NATO military bloc.
It is also reported that the ongoing negotiations are confidential. Their goal is Berlin's desire to supply the Ukrainian army with a significant amount of ammunition for IRIS-T air defense systems.
It is noted that during 2023, Berlin plans to transfer three more IRIS-T installations to Kyiv in addition to the air defense system of this type already transferred in October last year.
In addition, the authorities of Italy and France are going to provide Ukraine with the Samp / T air defense system. According to Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, the new system could be deployed in Ukraine within seven to eight weeks.
It is reported that the cost of the Samp / T battery with Aster-30 anti-aircraft missiles to it is about 800 million euros.
Dear reader, to leave comments on the publication, you must sign in.
"Right Sector" (banned in Russia), "Ukrainian Insurgent Army" (UPA) (banned in Russia), ISIS (banned in Russia), "Jabhat Fatah al-Sham" formerly "Jabhat al-Nusra" (banned in Russia) , Taliban (banned in Russia), Al-Qaeda (banned in Russia), Anti-Corruption Foundation (banned in Russia), Navalny Headquarters (banned in Russia), Facebook (banned in Russia), Instagram (banned in Russia), Meta (banned in Russia), Misanthropic Division (banned in Russia), Azov (banned in Russia), Muslim Brotherhood (banned in Russia), Aum Shinrikyo (banned in Russia), AUE (banned in Russia), UNA-UNSO (banned in Russia), Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people (banned in Russia), Legion “Freedom of Russia” (armed formation, recognized as terrorist in the Russian Federation and banned), Kirill Budanov (included to the Rosfinmonitoring list of terrorists and extremists)
“Non-profit organizations, unregistered public associations or individuals performing the functions of a foreign agent,” as well as media outlets performing the functions of a foreign agent: “Medusa”; "Voice of America"; "Realities"; "Present time"; "Radio Freedom"; Ponomarev Lev; Ponomarev Ilya; Savitskaya; Markelov; Kamalyagin; Apakhonchich; Makarevich; Dud; Gordon; Zhdanov; Medvedev; Fedorov; Mikhail Kasyanov; "Owl"; "Alliance of Doctors"; "RKK" "Levada Center"; "Memorial"; "Voice"; "Person and law"; "Rain"; "Mediazone"; "Deutsche Welle"; QMS "Caucasian Knot"; "Insider"; "New Newspaper"
Information