Germany is to send anti-aircraft missiles and radar systems to Kyiv
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Nila Zelinska holds a doll belonging to her granddaughter, which she was able to find in her destroyed house in the outskirts of Potashnya, Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Zelinska just returned to her hometown after escaping the war to find out she is homeless. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
BERLIN – Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday that his country would supply Ukraine with modern anti-aircraft missiles and radar systems and step up arms supplies amid criticism that Germany was not doing enough to help Kyiv.
Scholz told lawmakers the government had decided to equip Ukraine with IRIS-T missiles, which Germany had been developing with other NATO countries.
He said Germany will also supply Ukraine with radar systems to help locate enemy artillery.
The announcements come amid claims at home and abroad that Germany has been slow to provide Ukraine with the weapons it needs to defend itself against Russia.
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