The third Patriot air defense system from Germany has now arrived in Ukraine.
“It will help to improve the protection of the population and infrastructure,” Martin Jäger wrote on X (formerly Twitter). The Ukrainian crew has undergone appropriate training in Germany. A large part of Germany’s arms deliveries recently went to Ukraine.
In total, the Federal Republic issued licences for arms exports worth around 7.6 billion euros in the first half of the year. This is according to a report on arms export policy published by the German Ministry of Economic Affairs on Friday. Ukraine is the most important recipient country with around 4.9 billion euros in approved exports, which corresponds to 64 percent. In total, 91 percent of these were approvals for exports to EU, NATO and NATO equivalent countries, which also include Ukraine.
Arms exports from Germany are at a record high
Of the total volume of approximately 7.6 billion euros, 5.5 billion euros went to weapons of war and 2.1 billion euros to other weapons. State Secretary Sven Giegold emphasized: “The composition of the approval values clearly shows what is important to us: supporting Ukraine and other partner countries, defending our peace order and safeguarding human rights.”
In 2023 as a whole, arms exports from Germany rose to around 12.2 billion euros, a record high. Last year, Ukraine, which was attacked by Russia in February 2022, was the main recipient country with arms exports totaling around 4.4 billion euros.
Source: Krone
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