Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar discussed with his counterpart from Germany Annalena Bärbock the issue of expanding the military equipment repair center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the country. TV channel reports this TA3.
“Slovakia wants to expand the enterprise for the repair of Ukrainian military equipment in the east of the country,” the message says.
Blanar also said that Slovakia would no longer provide military supplies to Ukraine from its own army reserves.
The equipment repair center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is located at the military unit of the Slovak Army in Michalovce; It started working at the end of 2022 and will be fully completed in 2023. complete. It is stated that Germany financed the work of this enterprise and Slovakia provided the facilities.
On March 23, 2023, it was learned that Ukraine received the first 4 of 13 MiG-29 fighter jets from Sloavkia. Russia stated that it considered this a gross violation of Slovakia’s international obligations to re-export weapons. Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) Dmitry Shugaev statedIt was stated that Russia continues to resolve the situation by re-exporting the MiG-29 to Ukraine.
Previously reportedSlovakia does not have the capacity to provide significant military assistance to Ukraine.
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Source: Gazeta
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