In the coming days, Germany will transfer 10,000 artillery shells from the Bundeswehr arsenals to Ukraine in the first stage. Major General Christian Freuding, head of the Situation Center for Ukraine at the German Ministry of Defense, told this in an exclusive interview with DW, UNN reports .
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In Berlin, he said, it was decided to demonstrate the supply of ammunition to Ukraine in three stages.
At the second stage, in the medium term, Germany decided to support the Czech initiative and cover the costs of purchasing 180,000 shells, which will be delivered to Kyiv in the second half of this year.
In the long term, in addition to the Czech plan, Germany has laid out a bilateral agreement to supply Ukraine with another 100,000 shells starting around the fourth quarter. Christian Freuding did not specify with which country this agreement was concluded.
Speaking about what Ukraine needs most now to successfully repel Russian aggression, he mentioned "artillery shells, combatants and missiles for modern air defense systems, as well as armored combat vehicles.
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In an interview with DW, Major General Christian Freuding also talks about training Ukrainian soldiers in Germany. Last year, 10,000 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen trained at German training grounds, and in the first months of 2024, another three to four thousand will be trained. this year, the German Ministry of Defense is ready to provide this opportunity to even more soldiers from Ukraine.
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