Ukraine has acquired the sixth IRIS-T SLM air defence system from Germany.
Supply: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a night deal with on Friday, 20 December, as reported by European Pravda
Particulars: Commenting on Russia's newest missile strike on Kyiv, Zelenskyy thanked Ukraine's companions, "who’re responding to this and different Russian assaults with the readiness to offer extra air defence methods, extra weapons that may shield towards terrorists".
"We've now come again from Brussels with new agreements on air defence methods. Germany has additionally handed over a further IRIS-T system. Thanks," he added.
Beforehand: For the reason that starting of the full-scale Russian invasion, Germany has offered Ukraine with six IRIS-T SLM (medium-range) and 4 SLS (short-range) methods.
Background:
- Throughout a go to to Kyiv in early December, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz confirmed that the sixth IRIS-T SLM system would arrive in Ukraine by the top of the yr.
- In early September, Scholz introduced that Germany had ordered a complete of 17 IRIS-T air defence methods for Ukraine, consisting of eight medium-range (SLM) and 9 short-range (SLS) methods.
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