Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have mentioned a €700 million funding by the Netherlands in drones for Kyiv.
Supply: Schoof, citing particulars of a phone dialog with Zelenskyy on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda
Particulars: Schoof stated he had assured Zelenskyy that the Netherlands’ "political, navy, monetary and ethical" help for Ukraine would proceed.
"Amongst different issues we mentioned a Dutch funding package deal value €700 million for drones, aimed partly at Ukraine’s defence business. The Netherlands will hold backing Ukraine in its battle in opposition to Russian aggression," Schoof tweeted.
Background:
- Within the autumn of 2024, the Netherlands introduced a €400 million funding to start creating and manufacturing varied sorts of drones for Ukraine. Half of the drones had been to be produced within the Netherlands, with the rest being manufactured in Ukraine and different nations.
- It’s unclear from the tweet whether or not Prime Minister Schoof was referring to a further funding within the programme or a rise within the initially allotted €400 million to €700 million.
- In October, Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans said that additional funding could be allotted to increase manufacturing if the drones developed proved profitable.
- Zelenskyy, for his half, stated he and Schoof had mentioned coordination with companions and additional plans following the London summit.
- "We additionally talked about strengthening our state. The Netherlands is getting ready new packages of navy and monetary assist, and I knowledgeable the Prime Minister of our precedence wants," the Ukrainian chief tweeted.
- The households of these killed within the 2014 downing of flight MH17 over Donbas by a Russian missile, a lot of whom had been Dutch residents, have argued {that a} dependable peace settlement can’t be achieved until Russia acknowledges its accountability for the tragedy.
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