Poland has asked Germany to hand over the Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine, which Berlin had previously promised to deploy on the Polish-Ukrainian border.
Germany has confirmed its readiness to deploy the Patriot surface-to-air missile systems (SAMS) on the border between Poland and Ukraine. Warsaw and Berlin will have to determine when the missiles can be deployed and how long the air defense system will remain on the Polish-Ukrainian border.
Germany allocates €7.6 million to the International Commission on Missing Persons to search for Ukrainians who have gone missing amid Russia’s invasion.
In a phone call with Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Germany for the air defense systems and emphasized the need to build an air shield over Ukraine.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky had a call with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and thanked Germany for the first supplied air defense system.
In a phone call, Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko and German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck discussed support from Germany for Ukraine’s energy sector.