German Defense Minister Pistorius arrived on a surprise trip to Kyiv yesterday, meeting with key Ukrainian leaders ,including President Zelensky and Defense Minister Umerov, the Ukrainian military, and he observed training.
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Um exakt 5:00 Uhr Ortszeit ist Bundesverteidigungsminister Boris #Pistorius heute Morgen zu seinem zweiten Amtsbesuch in Kiew eingetroffen. @BILD pic.twitter.com/NjtpT0gr81— Julian Röpcke?? (@JulianRoepcke) November 21, 2023
He laid flowers at the Maidan Memorial in Kyiv shortly after arriving. Followed by a meeting with a Ukrainian tank crew at an undisclosed location to observe training on German-supplied munitions.
Same for this tank reloading training video, of course. pic.twitter.com/wFX4rKCsuG
— Julian Röpcke?? (@JulianRoepcke) November 21, 2023
However, the most important development came when he announced that Germany would provide a bi-lateral 1.2B EUR aid package to Ukraine which includes four additional IRIS-T air defense systems and more than 20,000 155mm artillery shells.
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Boris Pistorius sagt der Ukraine ein neues deutsches Waffenpaket im Wert von 1,3 Milliarden Euro zu.
Mit dabei: 4?? weitere IRIS-T SLM Systeme, 20,000 155 Millimeter Artillerie-Granaten sowie 60 Überwachungsdrohnen verschiedener Typen und 25+ Anti-Drohnen-Radars. @BILD— Julian Röpcke?? (@JulianRoepcke) November 21, 2023
