Germany pledges Patriot Air Defense for Ukraine
German Chancellor Frederick Merz told the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome on Thursday that the US-made Patriot for Germany Kiev is set to buy a US-made Patriot surface-to-air missile defense system.Their pledge occurred when Russia continued Ukraine’s daily aerial bombing, including hundreds of drones and missiles.
What did Marz say about patriots?
Merz said at the conference, “We are ready to buy additional Patriot system from the US to provide Ukraine,”Patriot is one of the world’s most advanced air-defense systems and is capable of intercepting ballistic and cruise missiles along with aircraft.To date, the US has approved the delivery of only three Patriot missile batteries to Kiev – and it was under the anterior of US President Donald Trump Joe Biden.Merz said that he asked Trump to give more to the Patriot system last week.“Americans need some of them, but they also have much … It is not yet finalized whether a delivery will be done,” Mars said.Patriot systems come perfectly into mobile batteries including a command center, a radar station to detect the dangers and launchers. According to the German army, the system covers an area of about 68 kilometers (42 mi).Its radar can track up to 50 goals and attach five of them at one time. Depending on the version in use, the interceptor missile can reach a height of more than 24 kilometers and hit a target up to 160 kilometers.
Message to Kremlin – and Trump
Merz promised widespread and firm support for Ukraine at the conference.“I have two messages, one goes to Moscow, to the President [Vladimir] Putin, “Merz said. “The message is quite simple: we won’t give up,” they insisted, to clap with them.The conference is being held in a line for the fourth year after the first convened in 2022 after Russia’s full -scale invasion of Ukraine.Merz said that his second message was to Washington to US President Donald Trump. “Stay with us and be with Europeans,” Merz said. “We are on the same page,” the German leader insisted.Trump has indicated disappointment with Putin as the US President tries to close a deal to end the war, even Russian air bombing on Ukrainian cities continues without stopping.
What else happened in the conference?
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said that the participants at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome have promised more than € 10 billion ($ 11.7 billion) to help Ukraine’s economic reform.Meloni said in his initial speech, “I think we should be proud of the result we have achieved together today – nation, international organization, financial institutions, local authorities, business sectors and civil society,” Meloni said in his early speech.The European Commission expanded € 2.3 billion in support of Ukraine to help it rebuild it.Zelancesi had earlier warned that the Russia was intensifying the attacks and insisted that “we could not have a shortage of funds.” He said that the attacks were evidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin was not interested in peace and was increasing violence. Zelansky made his comment at the beginning of the two -day summit.
