Danish Defense Minister Morten Bodskov said Western countries have pledged on Thursday more than 1.5 billion euros in cash, equipment and training to boost Ukraine’s military capabilities in its war against Russia.
The money promised at a conference held in Copenhagen by a group of 26 countries will be used to procure existing weapons, missiles and ammunition, increase arms production for Ukraine, train Ukrainian soldiers and clear mines from the country’s ravaged areas. fight.
“We will continue to help Ukraine with its military needs,” Bodskov told reporters at the end of the conference, which brought together European defense ministers to discuss long-term support for Ukraine’s defense against Russian invasion.
Bodskov said defense ministers from Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic have signaled their willingness to expand production of artillery systems, ammunition and other military equipment to Ukraine.
Britain, which has donated advanced weapons systems to Ukraine and offered thousands of its soldiers for military training, pledged an additional 300 million euros on Thursday for multiple rocket launch systems and M31A1 guided missiles that can hit targets up to 80 kilometers away.
“President Putin was betting that by August we would have had enough of the conflict and that the international community would scatter in different directions. Well, today we proved the opposite,” said British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace.
source: Noticias
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