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​Lithuanias Military Support for Ukraine Already Reached 200 Million Euros With New Shipment of M113 APC

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Lithuania has handed over M113 armoured personnel carriers to Ukraine / Photo credit: Lithuanian armed force
Lithuania has handed over M113 armoured personnel carriers to Ukraine / Photo credit: Lithuanian armed force

Military assistance of Lithuania to Ukraine amounts to about EUR 200 million in total

That is according to Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anušauskas statement on Wednesday, September 14.

As Arvydas Anušauskas claimed, M113 armored personnel carriers were sent to Ukraine earlier, Ukrainians are already using 50 Lithuanian armored vehicles. According to Anušauskas, in total Kyiv received more than 300 units of such military equipment from Western countries.

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Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anušauskas, Defense Express
Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anušauskas

He also pointed out that urgent repairs of Ukrainian armored vehicles have been agreed, and Lithuania, along with other countries, organizes and supports the training of Ukrainian military. "We will train at least 500 military specialists by the end of the year," the minister said.

Lithuania sent to Ukraine the 105 mm howitzers M50/M101, Defense Express
Earlier Lithuania sent to Ukraine the 105 mm howitzers M50/M101

The minister also noted that Lithuanian enterprises have received an order for sewing winter clothes for Ukrainian soldiers.

"In Lithuanian companies that will be able to sew winter clothes requested by Ukrainians faster than anyone else, it was decided to order it for EUR 2.15 million," Anušauskas wrote on social networks.

Lithuanias Military Support for Ukraine Already Reached 200 Million Euros With New Shipment of M113 APC, Defense Express

As Defense Express reported, Lithuania Sent Another Batch of Military Aid to Ukraine.

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