He was speaking at a meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group at the US Air Force base in Ramstein in Germany. According to the minister the aid package is worth EUR 500m. This year alone, Germany has already provided aid to Kyiv worth EUr 7 billion. The new package also includes 100 armoured vehicles for infantry and 100 transport vehicles.
The EUR 500m also includes cash which Germany is giving to a Czech munitions initiative to fund the purchase of 180,000 shells. Germany also plans to contractually regulate 100,000 shells nationally. Those attending the meeting at Ramstein in South-West Germany included US Defence Minister Lloyd Austin and defence minister and military figures from around 50 countries. Austin announced further international support for Ukraine.
Source: deutschland.de.
