Germany’s offer to transfer Patriot air defense systems to Poland remains in force.
This was stated by Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz, reports Censor. NO with reference to Ukrinform.
“Our proposal to the Polish government to defend its own country is still not off the agenda,” Scholz said when asked about Poland’s proposal to deploy Patriot systems in Ukraine.
The chancellor also informed that the Federal Republic of Germany has just launched new delivery options for the necessary components for the Gepard systems and will continue to work on delivering the next, according to him, very effective IRIS-T systems.
We will remind, earlier Poland asked Germany transfer Patriot systems to Ukrainewhich were previously offered to Warsaw.
Polish President Duda also stated that the German Patriot air defense systems it is better to place in Ukraine.
At the same time, Polish Minister of Defense Blaszczak insisted on the transfer of Patriot to Ukraine. The Ministry of Defense of Poland said that The armed forces can learn quickly work with Patriot.
The Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki, too called on Germany to transfer Patriot air defense systems to Ukraineto help protect at least part of the Ukrainian sky.