A group of 11 NATO countries, including Britain and Poland, pledged a raft of new military aid to support Ukraine's war with Russia on Thursday ahead of a crunch meeting on arms for Kyiv scheduled to take place in Germany on Friday.
This handout picture released by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense on September 12, 2022 and taken at an undefined location shows a column of tanks of the Ukrainian army during an offensive, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Handout/ Ukrainian Ministry of Defense/ AFP
"The West must stay united and continue to support Ukraine with military aid," Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur told a news conference in his home country, held jointly with his British counterpart and other officials.Gathering at a military base, the officials pledged missiles, stinger air defense systems, anti-aircraft guns, machine guns, training, and other equipment and services.
Poland was sending S-60 anti-aircraft guns with 70,000 rounds of ammunition and was ready to donate a company of German-made Leopard 2 tanks, "pending [a] wider coalition" of Leopard donors, according to a joint statement from the meeting.
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