The German Federal Antimonopoly Office has approved the creation of a joint venture (JV) between the German concern Rheinmetall and the Ukrainian concern Ukroboronprom. This was reported by Spiegel.
The Ministry emphasized that the headquarters of the joint venture will be in Kiev and will also carry out activities in the field of service for the assembly and production of military equipment.
The publication states that the business will initially operate only in Ukraine.
It was also announced that the project would not cause any violations in the field of competition in Germany.
Before that it was the German defense concern Rheinmetall. to put Ukrainian mobile field hospital.
In September 2022, the German Ministry of Defense signed a contract with subsidiary Rheinmetall Mobile Systeme (RMS) for support in the construction of a hospital and associated personnel training. The manufacturer states that the order value is approximately 9 million Euros.
Previously Zelensky saidIt prevents Ukraine from transferring hostilities to the territory of the Russian Federation.