Germany vows to supply Ukraine with IRIS-T air defence system

Germany vows to supply Ukraine with IRIS-T air defence system

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged to supply Ukraine with air defense and artillery systems. Scholz made this statement during a debate in the German parliament on Wednesday. 

"Most recently, the government has decided that we will deliver the most modern air defence system that Germany has in the form of the IRIS-T," Scholz told lawmakers in the Bundestag.

A security source told Reuters last month that Germany was considering supplying IRIS-T SLM medium-range surface-to-air defence systems to Ukraine.

Scholz suggested that Germany had been "delivering continuously since the beginning of the war", pointing to more than 15 million rounds of ammunition, 100,000 grenades and over 5,000 anti-tank mines sent to Ukraine since Russia attacked Ukraine back in February.





German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged to supply Ukraine with air defense and artillery systems. Scholz made this statement during a debate in the German parliament on Wednesday. 

"Most recently, the government has decided that we will deliver the most modern air defence system that Germany has in the form of the IRIS-T," Scholz told lawmakers in the Bundestag.

A security source told Reuters last month that Germany was considering supplying IRIS-T SLM medium-range surface-to-air defence systems to Ukraine.

Scholz suggested that Germany had been "delivering continuously since the beginning of the war", pointing to more than 15 million rounds of ammunition, 100,000 grenades and over 5,000 anti-tank mines sent to Ukraine since Russia attacked Ukraine back in February.