Germany plans to send a large amount of military equipment worth 2.7 billion euros. Spiegel.
According to the publication, the German government will deliver it “in the coming weeks and months.” The new military aid package for Kiev may include 20 additional Marder infantry fighting vehicles, 30 Leopard 1 tanks, 200 reconnaissance aircraft, logistics vehicles, IRIS-T air defense systems and ammunition.
According to Spiegel, the package is expected to be announced on May 14 in parallel with the awarding of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with the Charlemagne Prize in Aachen. The material states that he will probably come to Germany himself.
Earlier, Armin Papperger, chairman of the German defense concern Rheinmetall, said that the company counter Make agreements with Ukrainian companies on joint production of tanks, shells and air defenses in Ukraine. According to Papperger, in addition to the plans for the possible production in Ukraine of the new Panther tank, developed by Rheinmetall, which has been known for two months, cooperation or creation of joint ventures with Ukrainian companies for the production of military vehicles, air defense and ammunition is also possible.