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Earlier this month, NATO started coordinating regular deliveries
of large weapons packages to Ukraine after the Netherlands said
that it would provide air defense equipment, ammunition and
other military aid worth 500 million euros ($582 million).
Sweden announced the following day that it would contribute $275
million to a joint effort along with its Nordic neighbors
Denmark and Norway to provide $500 million worth of air
defenses, anti-tank weapons, ammunition and spare parts.
Germany’s foreign and defense ministries said the support is
focused on equipment like “critical air defense capabilities.
These are urgently needed to defend against Russia’s ongoing air
strikes, which are killing more and more civilians throughout
Ukraine.”
The United Nations has said that Russia’s relentless pounding of
urban areas behind the front line has killed more than 12,000
Ukrainian civilians.
Two deliveries of equipment, most of it bought in the United
States, were scheduled for this month, although the Nordic
package was more likely to arrive in September. Germany did not
name the group of countries it would be working with.
The equipment is supplied based on Ukraine’s priority needs on
the battlefield. NATO allies then locate the weapons and
ammunition and send them on.
Germany has delivered or pledged military support to Ukraine
worth around 40 billion euros ($47 billion) since Russia
launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
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