Greece disclosed the amount and types of weapons handed over to Ukraine
Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, Greek Minister of National Defence, called the supply of weapons to Ukraine “unprecedented” and outlined the scale of aid.
He stressed that the country is helping Ukrainians fight Russian aggression.
The country is actively supplying weapons and equipment to the Ukrainian army.
ProNews reports about this.
The Head of the Greek Defense Ministry disclosed the weapons that the country has already transferred or plans to transfer in the near future:
- 122 BMP-1s and their ammunition;
- 15,000 73-mm rockets;
- 2100 122-mm rockets;
- 20,000 AK-47 Kalashnikov assault rifles;
- 3,200,000 7.62-mm cartridges;
- 60 FIM-92 Stinger MANPADS;
- 17,000 155-mm artillery missiles;
- 1,100 RPG-18 anti-tank missiles.
Panagiotopoulos also stated that six Greek, ten Canadian, and five New Zealand aircrafts were used to transport the aid.
It was previously announced that Greece had agreed to transfer its BMP-1s to Ukraine in exchange for an equivalent number of modern German Marder BMPs.
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