Tag: military aid

Germany to buy €150M in U.S. weapons for Ukraine

The Group of Five is represented at a press conference by (l-r) Pawel Zalewski from Poland, Guido Crosetto from Italy, Kaja Kallas for the EU, Boris Pistorius from Germany, Catherine Vautrin from France and John Healey from the UK | Photo: Fabian Sommer/dpa

Germany will contribute at least €150 million toward the purchase of US-made military equipment for Ukraine, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said during a meeting of the “Group of Five” European defence ministers in Berlin under NATO’s PURL scheme.

U.S. announces $2.35B military aid for Ukraine

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Gerard Holodak, with the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB), fires an M136E1 AT4-CS confined space light anti-armour weapon at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska on October 12, 2017 | Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Westin Warburton

The latest round of military aid worth USD 150 million is the Biden administration’s 60th tranche of aid since August 2021, including artillery and ammunition from its own inventories, in addition to purchases of air defence systems worth USD 2.2 billion for Ukraine.