Lithuania will allocate €20 million for the purchase of ammunition for Ukraine

Lithuania plans to allocate an additional 20 million euros for the purchase of ammunition for Ukraine. After all, in the summer on the front "it could be very difficult." This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Lithuania Dovile Šakalienė before the meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine in the "Ramstein" format in Brussels, reports RBC-Ukraine with reference to LRT.

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"Summer can be very difficult (on the front in Ukraine - ed.), so support should be provided not later, but earlier. Lithuania intends to allocate an additional 20 million euros for the purchase of ammunition, as this is one of the things that Ukraine needs most now," said Sakaliene.

The publication recalled that in June last year, the country's Defense Council decided to allocate at least 0,25% of GDP per year for military assistance to Ukraine.

Since the beginning of the war, Lithuania has provided Ukraine with military assistance worth about 800 million euros. The total amount of Lithuania's long-term assistance to Ukraine has exceeded 1,5 billion euros.

Aid to Ukraine from Lithuania

Recall, in March we reported that Lithuania continues to invest in the Ukrainian defense-industrial complex and intends to purchase weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine worth at least 20 million euros.

In mid-January, Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovile Šakaliene announced that Ukraine would receive thousands of drones from Lithuania worth 5 million euros.

Also earlier, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda called for providing Ukraine with modern weapons and long-range strike capabilities.

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