Denmark will donate 228 million euros of equipment, ammunition and air defense material to Ukraine to "
strengthen (its) ability to carry out an offensive in the coming months
", announced Tuesday May 2 the Danish Ministry of Defence.
Amounting to 1.7 billion crowns, "
this is Denmark's largest donation to date
," the ministry said in a statement.
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With this donation, which includes armored and demining vehicles, mortar shells and mobile field bridges, Danish military aid to Ukraine amounts to 11 billion crowns (1.47 billion euros or $1.61 billion) since the start of the Russian invasion.
"
The equipment contained in the package is essential to clear the way for Ukrainian tanks and armored infantry on the front line
," Acting Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said in the statement.
In January, Denmark gave Ukraine its 19 French-made Caesar guns, and announced in April that it was buying, together with the Netherlands, 14 Leopard 2 tanks to donate to Ukraine.
