Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk said that in October Germany could start supplying Ukraine with the latest IRIS-T air defense system.
He said this in an interview with NV, the Ukrainian media outlet.
According to the Ukrainian ambassador, the first money from €1 billion, laid in the budget of the German Ministry of Defense to help Ukraine, will be spent on the IRIS-T missile system. Chancellor Olaf Scholz confirmed this.
"The IRIS-T system is the only thing I have thanked the Chancellor and the [German] government for in recent months. We have been working on it since the first days of the war. This system is the coolest in the world. It can be compared to the American Patriot. This is a German product," Melnyk said.
This air defense system is able to protect the territory the size of Kyiv. Ukraine will be able to put it around cities and the most important objects in three or four years.
He also added that the production of these weapons will be completed in late summer. The next stage is training, and delivery will be in October.
- The Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany also said that at the end of June Germany will deliver self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine.
- Spain is ready to hand over German Leopard tanks and anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine. Meanwhile, the German government fears that Ukraine will use German tanks to invade Russia.