Several countries have put together packages including air defense systems, missiles, machine guns and training among other items of military aid to Ukraine . Follow DW for more.
Following a meeting in Estonia on Thursday, several European countries pledged a raft of new military aid for Ukraine.
It comes ahead of a crunch meeting on arms for Kyiv scheduled to take place at the Ramstein military basein Germany on Friday.
The aid from countries including Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Britain and Poland will include tens of Stinger air defense systems, s-60 anti-aircraft guns, machine guns and training, according to a statement.
Brimstone is a ground or air-launched ground attack missile developed by MBDA UK for the UK’s Royal Air Force.
The UK was also aiming to train 20,000 Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) personnel.
Poland offered S-60 anti-aircraft guns with 70,000 pieces of ammunition, and has already donated 42 infantry fighting vehicles.
Denmark said it would donate 19 French-made Caesar howitzers to Ukraine, including some still on order, following a slew of pledges of heavy weapons from Kyiv’s Western allies.
Earlier, Sweden pledged to send its Archer artillery system, a modern mobile howitzer requested by Kyiv for months, to Ukraine along with armored vehicles and anti-tank missiles.
Speaking at a press conference, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said his government had agreed on a three-part military support package for Kyiv, including “the first decision on starting deliveries of the artillery system Archer to Ukraine.”
Sweden, which has broken with its doctrine of not delivering weapons to a country at war, will also send 50 CV-90 armored vehicles and NLAW portable anti-tank missiles, the government said.