Norway to allocate €240 million for Ukrainian air defences

Norway said it will allocate 240 million euros to bolster Ukraine's air defences, including 125 million euros as part of a joint effort with Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands.

"Norway will contribute 240 million euros to air defence measures for Ukraine. Today, Germany announced it would deliver another 100 Patriot air defence missiles to Ukraine in an initiative with Denmark, Netherlands and Norway. Norway will contribute Ђ125M to this initiative," the Norwegian Defense Ministry said on X, as per TASS.

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius on June 11 said his country will continue to provide assistance to Ukraine, and the new assistance package will include sniper rifles, drones and missiles for Patriot systems. According to the official, Ukrainian forces are expecting a total of 100 Patriot missiles from Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway, of which 32 have already been delivered and 68 will be sent in the coming weeks.

A source from the German newspaper Bild reported that Ukraine had used the Patriot air defence system received from Germany to strike Russia. According to the newspaper, this displeased the USA and Germany and they threatened Kyiv with the termination of military supplies if the incident was repeated.