The Danish government will significantly increase financial assistance to Ukraine. Due to the current course of the war, Ukraine needs comprehensive support, so this year the Danish authorities plan to increase the amount of assistance to Ukraine by 17.9 billion crowns (2.59 billion dollars) during this and next year.
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In Copenhagen, they said that right now the Ukrainians need “our weapons and our support, so it is relevant.”
There is no indication that next year will be a year of peace, which is why we are already allocating more than ten billion Danish kroner in 2024,” Danish Prime Minister Matte Frederiksen quotes DR. dk.
The government will allocate another DKK 7.5 billion to the fund this year in 2023, for a total of DKK 14.5 billion in the fund. And next year, the government will add another 10.4 billion crowns to the fund.
This significant contribution will further strengthen the combat capabilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the short and medium term. Our strength is in unity!, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Twitter.
In March 2023, the Danish government set up a DKK 7 billion ($1 billion) fund for military, civilian and business assistance to Ukraine. The main part of the funds – more than 767 million dollars – was sent to military assistance.
Denmark is also part of the “tank coalition” – an association of countries helping to strengthen the Ukrainian army with Western tanks. Denmark, together with Germany and the Netherlands, will transfer about a hundred Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine. The project to modernize a large number of Leopard 1A5 tanks, together with the Netherlands and Germany, began in February.
Also in April, Denmark handed over to Ukraine 19 CAESAR 8×8 self-propelled artillery mounts of French production by NEXTER. The transfer of equipment was accompanied by the training of future Ukrainian crews.
Currently, Denmark, together with the Netherlands, is leading a European coalition to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets.
Source: Racurs
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