Germany will soon transfer additional IRIS-T air defense systems and Gepard anti-aircraft tanks to Ukraine

Germany continues to help Ukraine in the fight against Russian invaders.

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According to Chancellor Olaf Scholz,The country's government is preparing a new package of military assistance for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which will include additional IRIS-T air defense systems. Most likely, we are talking about several launchers, which will be transferred jointly with Sweden. By the way, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are already using IRIS-T. Presumably, Ukraine currently has one or two air defense missile batteries in its arsenal.

In addition to IRIS-T, Germany is also going to sendin Ukraine an additional batch of Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. They are built on the Leopard tank chassis. Currently, Ukraine has 30 such installations in service. The Ukrainian Armed Forces use them to destroy Iranian Shahed-136 kamikaze drones and other aerial targets.

Weapon deliveries will begin in the coming weeks.