Germany provided Ukraine with the first (out of four) IRIS-T SLM air defense complex, as reported by Oleksii Reznikov, Minister of Defense of Ukraine. According to SPIEGEL, the transmission took place on October 11 near the Polish-Ukrainian border.
Moreover, the official noted that American NASAMS are coming too.
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“This is only the beginning. And we need more. No doubt that russia is a terrorist state. There is a moral imperative to protect the sky over Ukraine in order to save our people” Oleksii Reznikov states.
The minister thanked to Minister of Defense of Germany, Christine Lambrecht, “for her partnership and strong commitment to supporting Ukraine”.
In addition, he said that Ukraine had received 4 extra M142 HIMARS. “HIMARS time: good time for Ukrainians and bad time for the occupiers” Oleksii Reznikov wrote on his Twitter.
The Minister thanked to Joe Biden, Lloyd Ostin and the American people for “great news on the eve of Ramstein 6, where I’m going tomorrow. There will be more”.
On October 12-13, Brussels hosts a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of defense ministers, as well as a meeting of the U.S.-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group. As for the meeting of the US-led Contact Group for Ukraine with the participation of Ukraine's Defense Minister Reznikov - it is just have started at 13.00 (14.00 Kyiv time).
As Defense Express reported, Ukraine Got IRIS-T SLM Air-Defense System, But Zelenskyy Asks France and Italy for Additional SAMP-T.
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