Germany provided Ukraine with the first (out of four) IRIS-T SLM air defense complex. According to SPIEGEL, the transmission took place on October 11 near the Polish-Ukrainian border.
Defense Express reminds that a massive missile attack on Ukraine, Germany promised to hand over its latest air defense system as soon as possible. This air defense system will be a serious reinforcement for Ukraine’s military, Ukrainian Air Force has already told how exactly the IRIS-T air defense system will help the country.
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However, it is still not enough to effectively "close the sky" from russian missiles, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized the importance of supplying Ukraine with more modern air defense and anti-missile systems during a video conference of the leaders of the Group of Seven.
Thus, he thanked the President of Germany Olaf Scholz for speeding up the delivery of the IRIS-T air defense system and the US President Joe Biden for the decision to provide modern anti-missile and air defense systems.
At the same time, Zelenskyy also appealed to the President of France Emmanuel Macron and the Prime Minister of Italy Mario Draghi with a request to supply SAMP-T anti-aircraft missile systems to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, saying Ukraine needs these systems "in the coming months."
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