Allies pledge €21B in weapons for Ukraine while denouncing Russian attacks – POLITICO

The U.K. earlier gave details of new support worth £450 million for Ukraine, about £350 million of which will be provided by Britain, with extra funding from Norway via the U.K.-led International Fund for Ukraine.

It includes £160 million to provide repairs and maintenance to vehicles and equipment the U.K. has already provided Kyiv.

Funding for radar systems, anti-tank mines and hundreds of thousands of drones worth more than £250 million is also part of the package.

The German defense ministry said that Berlin’s package included guided missiles as well as 100,000 rounds of artillery ammunition, 300 reconnaissance drones, 25 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, 15 Leopard 1A5 main battle tanks, 120 Manpads ground-based air defense systems and 14 artillery systems.

Germany is also pledging longer-term support, including 1,100 additional ground surveillance radars and further IRIS-T air defense systems in the coming years.

“We need a militarily strong Ukraine,” Pistorius said.

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