Germany to help Ukraine produce long-range missiles

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German Chancellor Fredesrich Merge says Russia’s intense air and ground attacks will help Berlin make Ukraine a missile missile as Europe is to increase the pressure on the Kremlin.

Speaking during a visit to Berlin, President of Ukraine on Wednesday, Merge said that the two countries would establish a “joint project” to produce military targets of two countries and Russian-controlled regions. UkraineThe

Gelnsky says the joint project will include “both systems and missiles”.

This initiative seems to be a lack of prior promise before the German bull’s long-range missiles, which is a step that has opposed its alliance partner, social Democrats. However, it deepens Germany’s involvement in Ukraine’s defense industry, including additional funds, potential manufacturing facilities, technology and transfer of staff.

Germany will allocate about $ 5 billion for distribution and other assistance in addition to projects, the Defense Ministry has said.

“This is the first step towards the joint production of long range weapons in Ukraine,” said Merge. “It will be a cooperation at an industrial stage.”

Germany’s official visit to Zensky, the first one came after taking charge of the merger earlier this month, because Europe is running to increase pressure on Moscow. European leaders are trying to keep US President Donald Trump involved in the security of Ukraine Braces Russian offensive for summer.

After a call to Vladimir Putin, Trump last week had indicated to European allies and Jelnsky that he would allow them to settle in themselves to end the war. People familiar with the call have said that the US President made it clear that he was not ready to impose new sanctions on Russia.

However on Tuesday the US president Careful He has “played with the fire” after the full-scale aggression began in February 2022, after some of its largest drones and missile attacks in the Ukrainian region, including Kiev.

Gelnsky told reporters on Tuesday that he discussed such sanctions with Trump at Vatican earlier this month.

Merge said at the beginning of this week Supported Ukraine’s far -flung military strike, his predecessor, Olaf Sholz’s policy, who refused to provide Germany for the conflict for the conflict.

France, the United Kingdom and the United States have already provided remote weapons to Kiev. However, Ukraine has long asked Berlin-after America-the supplier of its second largest military assistance to supply missiles, which have an intelligent warhead system that can severely damage the structure like bridges and bunkers.

Before taking the office, the Merge repeatedly said that he supported this national distribution. However, since entering the alliance with the SPD, he has decided to stop publishing weapons supply – a position in line with French President Emmanuel Macron’s “strategic ambiguity” method.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday, “This is a very dangerous tendency, Germany is taking irresponsible position.”

Jensky said Tuesday that Ukraine this year will require an additional $ 30 billion fund this year to increase domestic military production, especially in drone production. Both Ukrainian and Russian forces are increasing the use of their unmanned systems on the battlefield.

“We are spending more than expected because both sides are moving fast,” Jensky said on Tuesday.

He mentioned that a basic priority in Berlin would protect financing for interceptor drones -a safe and more expensive way to protect against Russia’s suicide drones and rather than rely on Westernly allowed air defense missiles, and than the Fighter Jets with Mirage and F -16S of Ukraine.

After his meeting with Merge, he said that the investment projects agreed on Wednesday that “Ukraine’s weapons production, especially drone production”.

Gelnsky says Ukraine has already begun deploying homegrown drone interceptor to neutralize the Russian attack drone for mobile teams.

He warned of pushing Russia’s own drone production that Moscow was probably producing between 300 and 350 per day, with the aim of reaching 500 per day. “I don’t think they have hit a thousand every day but they may be stored for wave attacks,” he mentioned in Russia’s huge airstrike last weekend.

Moscow has been submerged on the weekend with more than a thousand drones and a thousand ballistic and cruise missiles, killing at least 5 people and injuring more scores.

Kyiv recently increased his offensive drone operation against Russian goals. A security official said a long -range drone operated by Ukraine’s security services hit a missile manufacturing center about 5 km north of Moscow overnight on Tuesday and Wednesday morning.