Germany to provide Ukraine with additional missiles for IRIS-T air defence systems

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has announced plans to provide Ukraine with interceptor missiles for the IRIS-T air defence system in the near future.

As reported by n-tv, these munitions had initially been intended for the Bundeswehr, but they will now be shipped directly to Ukraine.

"We are supplying them to Ukraine first before replenishing our stocks," Pistorius said at the Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting at Ramstein Air Base.

The German Defence Ministry said Ukraine will receive almost 50 missiles for the IRIS-T system.

In early September, Scholz announced that Germany had ordered a total of 17 IRIS-T air defence systems for Ukraine, consisting of eight medium-range (SLM) and nine short-range (SLS) systems.

In December, Germany announced the transfer of a new military aid package to Ukraine that includes IRIS-T SLM/SLS air defence systems.