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    Ukraine will receive two IRIS-T short- and medium-range air defence systems from Germany by the end of 2024.

    Source: Major General Christian Freuding, Head of the Planning Staff and the Special Task Force for Ukraine at Germany's Federal Ministry of Defence, in a conversation with journalists in Kyiv, as reported by European Pravda

    Details: Freuding stated that in recent days, Germany had supplied Ukraine with artillery howitzers, tanks and Marder infantry fighting vehicles and launched an attack drone programme.

    "The next IRIS-T SLM (medium-range) and SLS (short-range) systems should arrive in Ukraine in the coming days and weeks, before Christmas," the German major general announced.

    "But our support will continue after Christmas, and after 1 January, and after 21 January, and after 23 February, the date of the federal elections proposed in Germany," he vowed.

    Background:

    • In early September, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that Germany had ordered a total of 17 IRIS-T air defence systems for Ukraine. These are eight medium-range systems (SLM) and nine short-range systems (SLS).
    • By early October, Ukraine had received four IRIS-T SLM and three SLS systems. Subsequently, the German Ministry of Defence announced the delivery of two more SLM and SLS systems. Additionally, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in a conversation with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, promised that Berlin would ship another IRIS-T system by the end of the year.

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