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​Ukraine Gets New Air-Defense Aid from Denmark, the Netherlands, the UK, and the USA at Ramstein Summit

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Allies give short and medium range air defense missiles as well as associated systems to Ukraine / Illustrative photo
Allies give short and medium range air defense missiles as well as associated systems to Ukraine / Illustrative photo

Four countries have announced new aid package for Ukraine to help the country to improve ita air defense. The butch includes short and medium range air defense missiles as well as associated systems

That is according to a joint statement of Denmark, the Netherlands, the UK, and the USA that was published on official web site of the UK Ministry of Defense.

"The Denmark, the Netherlands, and the UK defense ministries and the United States Department of Defense today announced that they are partnering together to deliver high priority air defense equipment to Ukraine," the joint statement reads.

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Ukraine needs more modern SAM systems to withstand russia's massive missile attack, Ukraine Gets New Air-Defense Aid from Denmark, the Netherlands, the UK, and the USA at Ramstein Summit, Defense Express
Ukraine needs more modern SAM systems to withstand russia's massive missile attacks

According to the statement, “the initiative will deliver hundreds of short and medium-range air defense missiles and associated systems required to protect Ukraine's critical national infrastructure and further ensure the success of counter-offensive operations in coming months."

As the statment reads, delivery of the equipment has already begun and should be complete within several weeks, the statement says.

It should be noted, that the announcement comes while a summit of the Ukrainian Defense Contact Group(UDCG) was taking place in Brussels, Belgium. The UDCG brings together some 50 nations providing a variety of military support to Ukraine in its fair war against russian invaders.

As Defense Express reported, The Netherlands Made Its Valuable Contribution Into Ukraine’s Air Defense With VERA-EG Radars and Training of Ukrainian F-16 Pilots. We also wrote, that Ukrainian Air Force Revealed How They Managed to Intercept Kh-47 Kinzhal and Other Ballistic Missiles With Patriot.

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