United to win: Germany updates Ukraine’s aid list with shells, ammunition, and strike drones

The German government has updated the list of military aid transferred to Ukraine, including thousands of artillery shells and strike drones.

The German government reported that.

The governmental website states that Ukraine received:

• 20 mine-protected MRAP vehicles,
• 600 HF-1 strike drones.

Reconnaissance drones of various types were also transferred:

• 50 VECTOR units with spare parts,
• 46 RQ-35 HEIDRUN,
• 43 SONGBIRD.

In addition, the new package includes:

• 14 thousand 155 mm shells,
• 19 thousand 122 mm shells,
• ammunition for Leopard 1 tanks.

Among the transferred equipment and supplies are:

• 11 thousand 120 mm mortar ammunition,
• harnesses, field glasses, and wool blankets.

At the same time, the German government updated information on the weapons being prepared for transfer:

• Marder infantry fighting vehicles,
• ATR AiTO30 (RKT-30 infantry fighting vehicles with a mobile fire control center),
• MRAP,
• RCH 155 wheeled howitzers.

On January 14, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov met with German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, who had arrived in Kyiv on a working visit. The meeting was devoted to discussing the Ukrainian army's most urgent needs.

"We particularly emphasized the importance of providing IRIS-T air defense systems and ammunition for them. Ukraine will soon receive another 60 missiles for these systems," Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said.

The meeting also analyzed the prospects for the supply of artillery shells, especially 155 mm caliber. Special attention was paid to the development of the armored engineering sector.

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It is worth mentioning that Germany had handed over to Ukraine the first of fifty ordered RCH 155 howitzers to strengthen the Ukrainian artillery.

In addition, the German company Rheinmetall handed over another 20 Marder infantry fighting vehicles and will supply another 180 thousand 35-mm ammunition for Gepard anti-aircraft self-propelled artillery systems.

The German government also officially confirmed financing the supply of 30 GEREON RCS unmanned ground complexes (UGV) for Ukraine's armed forces.