Germany sent missiles to Ukraine that cost more than 3 million euros a package. Zelensky: “We would have liked to receive more”
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Wednesday that Ukraine received a new package of military support from Germany, consisting of PAC-3 missiles for the Patriot systems, a delivery that is part of an aid package from Kiev's international partners, informs the Spanish news agency EFE.
“The German part of these missiles arrived yesterday (Tuesday, no), thank you for that,” Zelenski said, according to Agerpres.
The Kiev leader confirmed that during the last Rammstein-style meeting, Ukraine reached an agreement with its partners on the transfer of 35 Patriot missiles.
“This is one of the anti-aircraft defense packages that we regularly negotiate with our partners. We would have liked to receive more, but that's what happened,” the Ukrainian president noted, without giving further details.
Germany, the European country that has offered the most help to Kiev in the context of Russia's war of aggression, is leading the initiative focused on strengthening the air defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The Ministry of Defense in Berlin confirmed on Tuesday the delivery to Ukraine of a new package of interceptor missiles, in a coordinated effort with allies in the Contact Group for the Defense of Ukraine, an alliance of more than 50 countries.
“We managed to collect another part of the PAC-3 provided for in this initiative through our partners,” said a spokesman for the German Ministry of Defense, referring to the interceptor missiles manufactured by the American company Lockheed Martin.
This aid consisting of PAC-3 “allows Ukraine to have access to the high-quality Patriot air defense system to defend itself against continuous Russian airstrikes,” the ministry led by Boris Pistorius added.
In fact, it was the German Minister of Defense who launched on February 12 this international initiative to supply Ukraine with such expensive interceptor missiles from Lockheed Martin, a high-tech military product whose unit cost is estimated at approximately 3.7 million dollars (approximately 3.2 million euros).
