Germany has pledged to support Ukraine in its war against Russia with a new, $5.7 billion aid package and an agreement to help Kyiv develop its own long-range missile systems free of any Western-imposed limitations on their use.
Speaking at a joint press conference with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Berlin on May 28, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz heralded the onset of a “new form of military industrial cooperation” between the two countries that would include the joint production of missiles at existing plants in Ukraine that have the technical expertise to produce such weapons.
