Norway will allocate €240 million to Ukraine to strengthen the country’s air defense. This includes the purchase of the Patriot system and missiles for it.
This was reported by the press service of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Babel informs.
“Norway will allocate €240 million for air defense measures for Ukraine. Today, Germany confirmed that, together with Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands, it will finance the re-purchase of the Patriot system so that 100 Patriot missiles can be quickly transferred to Ukraine. Norway will provide €125 million for this cooperation”, – the statement said.
In particular, the countries will purchase 100 missiles for the Patriot system for Ukraine.
The day before, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that Berlin, together with its allies, plans to provide Ukrainian soldiers with these missiles “in the coming weeks”. According to him, 32 of them have recently arrived in Ukraine.
In May 2023, Norway announced that it had a five-year military aid program for Ukraine worth 75 billion Norwegian kroner ($5.4 billion), but it was still being negotiated.
In December 2023, the country announced that it would provide Ukraine with $218 million and announced the transfer of NASAMS air defense systems. In March 2024, Norway joined the Air Defense Coalition for Ukraine, and in April announced that it would allocate $13.6 million to maintain the Leopard tanks it had provided to Ukraine.
