On Tuesday Germany pledged to send Ukraine a weapons and military package worth €700M ($769.9M), according to the Germany’s Ministry of Defense. In a statement, the country’s defense ministry said some of the equipment they would deliver includes two Patriot missile launchers and 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles. In addition, they will also send 25 Leopard 1 A5 main battle tanks and five Bergepanzer 2 from industrial stocks or industrial refurbishment.
The statement added that Germany pledged 31 items from Bundeswehr stocks, including 20,000 rounds of artillery ammunition and 5,000 rounds of 155mm smoke ammunition. In addition, the statement said that Germany will send a LUNA drone system and a mine interdiction package to Ukraine.
At the same time, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has confirmed the German government’s refusal to supply Ukraine with Taurus long-range cruise missiles, which was considered earlier.