At the Ukraine Reconstruction Conference held in Germany, Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on all participants to support the initiative to strengthen Ukrainian air defense (air defense) and promised to deliver a third Patriot system to Kiev as soon as possible, the BBC quoted him as saying.
"In the coming weeks and months, we will deliver to Ukraine a third Patriot air defense system, IRIS-T, Gepard installations, missiles and ammunition. All this will be sent to Ukraine in the coming weeks and months," Scholz quoted "RBK-Ukraine", quoted by News.bg.
"Ukraine will follow the path that Ukrainians chose for themselves: democratic, free, in Europe. That is why today in Berlin we are working on the restoration of a strong, free and European Ukraine. It takes strength and firm principles to make Putin understand that there will be no military victory and no peace under his dictation. He must end his brutal campaign and withdraw his troops,'' Scholz said at the opening of the two-day conference in Berlin.
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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyi is in Germany, who will hold talks with Scholz and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and will address the Bundestag.
According to Zelensky, further defense support for Ukraine, the development of the Ukrainian air defense system, as well as the joint production of weapons will be discussed at the talks with Chancellor Scholz.
"We will coordinate positions before the peace summit, the European Council meeting and the NATO meeting," the Ukrainian president said.