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Military support for Ukraine | Federal Government (Germany) (www.bundesregierung.de)
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Germany updated their list of aid to Ukraine.

  • 4 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC)

  • 1 IRIS-T air defense system and missiles

  • 1 TRML-4D radar

  • Ammo for MARS-2 MLRS

  • 8 VECTOR drones

  • 4 GO-12 radars

  • 5 UAVs

  • 5 USVs

  • 6 patrol vehicles

  • 5,000 155mm artillery shells

  • 4 8x8 HX81 trucks and trailers

  • 10,000 safety glasses

https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en/news/military-support-ukraine-2054992

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[–] Hopfgeist@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, in total numbers Germany is the second largest donor of military aid to Ukraine after the US. In terms of fraction of GDP, there are other nations who have donated more, Poland, Bulgaria and the Baltic republics stand out here.

[–] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not by much.

Poland: 13%
Bulgaria: 10%
Germany: 9%
USA: 0.3%

GDP based statistics of course favor smaller countries more but Germany is almost providing half as much as the US in total now and the EU combined almost twice as much as the US. I like to shit on my country too but those are some pretty clear cut numbers.

[–] Hopfgeist@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which is a sight to behold. Before the invasion of Ukraine, German military budget was 1.3% of the GDP, although it was supposed to be 2.3 or something for NATO member states.

[–] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

There's was an agreement between NATO members to reach 2% of GDP military spending by 2024. That's only indirectly relevant though and also often misrepresented in the news, mostly thanks to Trump back then.