KYIV. Jan 6 (Interfax-Ukraine) – President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his gratitude to German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz for the decision to provide Ukraine with a Patriot anti-aircraft missile battery.
"Grateful to the German Federal Chancellor for the decision to provide Ukraine with a Patriot anti-aircraft missile battery. With the previously delivered IRIS-T air defense system and Gepard anti-aircraft tanks, Germany is making a decisive contribution to the interception of all Russian missiles!" Zelensky said on Twitter.
As reported, on the evening of January 5, Olaf Scholz, following a conversation with US President Joe Biden, announced Germany’s intention to join the United States in supplying Ukraine with an additional Patriot air defense battery.