United to win: Germany provides new military aid to Ukraine, including HIMARS, air defense equipment, and tanks
The German government handed over another large package of military aid to Ukraine.
The updated list of aid on the website of the German government (as of June 14, May) evidences this.
Therefore, Ukraine will receive:
- 20 Marder infantry vehicles with spare parts and ammunition;
- 10 battle tanks LEOPARD 1 A5 with spare parts and ammunition;
- air defense system IRIS-T SLM;
- air defense system IRIS-T SLS;
- 3 HIMARS systems;
- 21,000 155 mm caliber ammunition (from the Bundeswehr and industrial stocks);
- 4 anti-drone systems;
- 2 BEAVER bridge paver with spare parts;
- 2 Dachs armored engineering vehicles;
- Bergepanzer 2 armored repair and evacuation vehicle with spare parts;
- 4 Wisent 1 demining machines with spare parts;
- 3 airborne anti-missile defense system for aviation AMPS;
- 100 night vision devices;
- IT equipment;
- 16 Zetros refueling stations;
- 100 MK 556 rifles;
- 85 HLR 338 rifles and 180,000 rounds of ammunition;
- 100 CR 308 rifles;
- 400,000 cartridges for firearms (from the Bundeswehr and industrial stocks);
- rescue boats;
- means for disposal of explosive objects.
It is noted that, in general, the government of Germany transferred or undertook to transfer in the future military aid to Ukraine in the amount of approximately 28 billion euros.
For reference:
Within the framework of the Security Capacity Building Initiative Fund, Germany allocated approximately 7.1 billion euros for military aid to Ukraine in 2024 alone. This amount includes Berlin's contributions to the European Peace Fund (EPF).
As of the end of May, the German government reported on allocations for military aid to Ukraine approximately:
- 5 billion euros in 2023,
- around 1.6 billion euros in 2022.
An extra €2.9 billion has been allocated in the first two years of the war, which won't be received until 2025-2028.
Germany has already delivered approximately 5.2 billion euros worth of equipment from its armed forces stockpile (estimated cost to replace transferred equipment).
Also, about 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers underwent military training in Germany, which cost approximately 282 million euros.
It was also reported that Germany, taking into account the third Patriot air defense system, which will soon be delivered, will transfer a quarter of its own stock of these anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMS) to Ukraine.
