Scholz promised to send the rest of the IRIS-T to Ukraine as soon as possible

He also noted that German support for Ukraine will continue even after the war, when the reconstruction of our state will begin.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Germany would soon send three more IRIS-T air defense systems to Ukraine. Ukrinform quotes his words during a speech at the 5th German-Ukrainian business forum on the reconstruction of Ukraine.

“We support your country politically, financially, economically, humanitarianly, as well as with weapons. Yes, we also talk about this at the economic conference… Russia's attacks on civilian infrastructure show that everything must be done to to rebuild and protect Ukrainian cities, villages, bridges, streets and railways. Therefore, I am very happy that our anti-aircraft missile complexes and anti-aircraft self-propelled guns, and now also IRIS-T in Ukraine… This system can protect a large city. We will deliver three more such installations to Ukraine as soon as possible,” Scholz said.

He noted that Germany will help Ukraine as much as necessary.

“This applies to the time of war, as well as reconstruction. You can rely on Germany, the EU and other friends in the world,” emphasized the Chancellor of Germany.

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Recall that on October 12, the head of the Ministry of Defense Oleksiy Reznikov announced that Ukraine received the first Western air defense system– German IRIS-T. He added that this is just the beginning.

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