Norway will allocate 240 million euros for Ukraine's air defense, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Scandinavian country confirmed for the BBC, quoted by News.bg.
"Germany confirmed today that, together with Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands, it will finance the repurchase of the Patriot system, so 100 Patriot missiles. to be quickly transferred to Ukraine.
Norway will allocate 125 million euros for this initiative", the Ministry said in a statement on the social network X.
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— Norway MFA (@NorwayMFA) June 11, 2024
At the end of May, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gare Strøre signed a bilateral agreement on cooperation in the field of security.
We remind you that Norway will provide Kyiv with at least 13.5 billion NOK (1.2 billion euros) this year.
US President Joe Biden has approved sending another Patriot system to Ukraine, the New York Times newspaper reported, citing high-ranking representatives of the US administration and the military.
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The sources said the decision was made last week after a series of summits and debates on how to meet Ukraine's urgent needs for stronger air defenses, without compromising the military readiness of USA.
The second system, according to the NYT, will be delivered to Ukraine from Poland. According to officials, it could be deployed to Ukraine in the next few days - depending on what maintenance or modifications it needs.
Patriot is one of the scarcest systems in the US arsenal. The Pentagon's demand for Patriot and other air defense systems has been particularly high over the past year, including after Hamas' attack on Israel, the NYT said.