The Danish government has allocated 200 million kroner ($28.5 million) for the purchase of
Ukrainian weapons and military equipment for the Armed Forces of Ukraine directly from Ukrainian manufacturers.
This was reported by Minister for Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin, Babel informs.
This decision is the first in history. It will send an important signal to other allies to also buy weapons for the needs of the Armed Forces from Ukrainian manufacturers. This is what the Ukrainian government has been asking its allies for in recent months.
Minister Oleksandr Kamyshin also explained that the Ukrainian defense industry has already accelerated and grown so much that the Ukrainian budget cannot fully load the manufacturers with orders.
The capacity of the Ukrainian defense industry is almost $20 billion. At the same time, Ukraine has only $6 billion to buy weapons. “Roughly speaking, we have only one third of all the machine tools available in the country, because we don’t have enough money to provide orders for the rest, – Kamyshin said.
One way out of this situation is to convince partners who are willing to buy weapons for Ukraine to do so from Ukrainian gunsmiths and give them orders.
In addition, on April 17, 2024, the Danish government announced a new military support package for Ukraine worth almost €295 million (2.2 billion Danish kronor), which will be used to purchase ammunition, drones, and missiles.
