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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked Germany and its Chancellor Olaf Scholz for two additional Patriot air defence system launchers his embattled country has received.
“This is very important,” Zelensky said in his evening address on Saturday.
“Thank you. Thank you, Germany. Thank you to the people,” he said.
“Thank you, Olaf!”
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News of the Patriot delivery was made public a few days ago and Zelensky thanked Scholz immediately after that.
The US-built Patriot systems are particularly valuable for Ukraine because, according to Kyiv, they have already intercepted Russian hypersonic missiles several times. Every strengthening of Ukraine’s air defence means saving thousands of lives, Zelensky emphasised.
The new German deliveries also include 10 more Bandvagn 206 multipurpose tracked vehicles, six heavy-duty articulated trucks and about 6,000 rounds of smoke ammunition for 155-millimetre calibre artillery pieces.
Germany also provided machine guns, shooting glasses, binoculars and mine-clearing equipment.
In addition to air defence help, mine clearance support is particularly important at the moment, Zelensky said. Due to mines and unexploded ammunition, around 174,000 square kilometres of Ukrainian territory are currently dangerous for citizens.


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The US-built Patriot systems are particularly valuable for Ukraine because, according to Kyiv, they have already intercepted Russian hypersonic missiles several times
‘This is very important. Thank you, Olaf!’ Zelensky said in his evening address on Saturday, referring to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz


‘This is very important. Thank you, Olaf!’ Zelensky said in his evening address on Saturday, referring to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Germany also provided machine guns, binoculars and mine-clearing equipment.
