Germany would step up support for ukraine by sending more military equipment and more funds for the domestic production of weapons, including long-range ones. ,
Chancellor Friedrich Merz declared.
The announcement came during a visit by Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, to Berlin.
The German Defense Ministry said the aid would include cooperation on weapons construction, air-defense systems and the financing of satellite communications. Its total value was put at roughly 5 billion euros.
Zelensky, who has traveled the world for years in search of arms for his country, said this week that Ukraine now needed about $30 billion in annual financing to fund its domestic production at full capacity.
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