Germany will supply Ukraine with 12 more self-propelled howitzers, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Friday at a meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group at the US air base in Ramstein.
Six of the advanced armoured vehicles are to arrive by the end of the year, with the rest to follow in 2025. They have a firing range of 30 kilometres.
The total cost for the 12 howitzers was put at €150 million ($166 million).
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky took part in the opening session of the meeting in Ramstein and used the opportunity to plead for more weapons.
“We need more weapons to drive the Russian troops from our territory and especially from the Donetsk region,” said Zelensky of the heavy fighting taking place in the east of his country.
