Germany will hand over another Patriot fire unit to Ukraine to repel Russian air attacks. Boris Pistorius sends a third Patriot unit to meet Vladimir Putin.
Masala warns: Still far too little. Ukraine was “shocked” by the ongoing delay in further important US aid, says foreign minister. The Republicans continue to block the aid and play into Vladimir Putin's hands, says Masala. The German Ministry of Defense wrote this on Saturday (April 13th) on X (formerly Twitter), after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj had already hoped for further supplies of air defense systems in the previous days. The situation on the Eastern Front has deteriorated significantly for his troops in the past few days, says Ukrainian commander Oleksandr Syrskyj. According to military reports, Ukrainian armed forces most recently shot down five of six KH-59 and KH-69 cruise missiles with Patriots in February - even standing up to newer types of missiles that can fly very low. They apparently started over the Poltava, Sumy and Mykolaiv regions.