Germany allocates new aid package for Ukraine: what it includes

The German Defense Ministry announced this.

Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, Germany has provided Ukraine with materials from the Bundeswehr's stockpiles, with an estimated replacement cost of around €5.2 billion.

Additionally, more than 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers have undergone military training in Germany, with training costs amounting to approximately €282 million.

The new aid package includes:

• 18 wheeled self-propelled howitzers RCH 155
• 5 Marder infantry fighting vehicles
• 9 AITO30 FDC (wheeled infantry fighting vehicle RCT-30 with a mobile fire control center)
• 20 MRAP armored vehicles with mine protection
• Ammunition for the Leopard 1 main battle tank
• 14,000 155mm shells
• 19,000 122mm cartridges
• 11,000 120mm mortar rounds
• 495 HK 416 assault rifles
• 600 HF-1 strike UAVs
• 50 VECTOR UAVs with spare parts
• 46 RQ-35 HEIDRUN reconnaissance drones
• 43 SONGBIRD reconnaissance drones
• 277 mine-resistant vehicles (MRAP)

Earlier, Germany’s Defense Minister Boris Pistorius handed over the first of 54 new RCH 155 wheeled howitzers to Ukrainian Ambassador Oleksii Makeiev.