During the last meeting of Ukraine Support Contact Groupthe willingness of Paris and Berlin to lead a coalition of countries capable of ensuring the construction and delivery of one new anti-aircraft shield in Kiev. In particular, the new device should be able to do this Screen mainly the Ukrainian skies by Russian missiles. The shield would be integrated into current equipment, largely developed by the West and NATO, to protect the most sensitive targets from Moscow’s attacks.
Green light for the new sign
The guarantors of the construction and then delivery of the new systems will be the governments France And Germany. The two countries will lead a coalition made up of 18 other actors close to or affiliated with the agreement Born. The group has made it their mission to begin construction of the new sign quickly in order to get delivery as quickly as possible.
Lloyd Austin, US Secretary of Defense, welcomed the decision of Berlin and Paris, which was ratified during the seventeenth meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine. “I appreciate the leadership role of Germany and France in organizing this important initiative,” he said on the sidelines of his speech at the meeting with representatives of governments close to Kiev. The Ukrainian Defense Minister also expressed satisfaction, Rustem Umerov. The latter specifically wanted to thank Germany for the $1.4 billion worth of aid it has provided to its army so far.
With the commitment to build the new shield, the total value of aid to Ukraine will be in monetary terms 80 billion dollars since the beginning of the war. That is, from February 24, 2022, the date on which the first Russian military operations against Kiev began.
Only a few details came to light
However, not many details are currently known about the new missile defense shield of the German-French coalition. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Berlin and Paris and the entire coalition in his usual evening speech on Telegram, but at the same time reiterated that it was impossible to reveal all the details for the time being.
“The leaders of this organization are Germany and France,” Zelensky explained. “I am grateful for this leadership.” I am also grateful to all countries that participate in these efforts, which allow our cities and villages to be better protected from Russian attacks.” “Not everything,” the Ukrainian president added, “can still be said publicly, but Ukraine’s heavenly shield is becoming more powerful literally every month.”