Frederiksen noted that there is military equipment in Europe that is not used, and it should be transferred to Ukraine.

Mette Frederiksen announced that Denmark has decided to transfer all its artillery to Ukraine / photo

Denmark decided to transfer all its artillery to Ukraine. This statement was made by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.

As Ukrinform writes, she said this during a speech at the 7th Ukrainian lunch in Munich. Frederiksen also called on other European countries to transfer their air defense systems and ammunition to Ukraine, since it now needs them more.

According to the Prime Minister of Denmark, European leaders often talk about problems with weapons production, calling them the reason that does not allow increasing the supply of aid to Ukraine. Now they are opening new defense enterprises for the future.

“But Ukraine is asking us for ammunition and artillery now. We, Denmark, have decided to transfer all our artillery to Ukraine. Therefore, excuse me, friends, there is military equipment in Europe, this is not only a matter of production. We have weapons, ammunition, air defense systems that We don’t use them yet. They need to be transferred to Ukraine,” the official emphasized.

Help for Ukraine: other news

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, commenting on the upcoming transfer of F-16 aircraft to Ukraine, said that there may be more of them than expected: “There will be 24 fighters, perhaps more, but not less… We are working together with the Danes and others.” , – he said.

At the same time, Czech President Petr Pavel said that the country had found sources abroad for hundreds of thousands of artillery ammunition that it could deliver to Ukraine in a matter of weeks. We are talking about half a million units of 155 mm caliber ammunition and 300 thousand units of 122 mm caliber.