Lithuania to buy 3 000 drones for Ukraine
Source: Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced that Lithuania will purchase 3,000 drones for Ukraine, and will also allocate 15 million euros for rehabilitation programs for wounded Ukrainian soldiers.
Lithuania also provides 35 million euros to the Czech initiative for the purchase of artillery ammunition.
In addition, Lithuania is taking an active part in the reconstruction of Ukraine and will allocate 5 million euros for education and 12 million euros for helping veterans, rebuilding schools and kindergartens, and setting up bomb shelters.
The Prime Minister of Ukraine thanked Lithuania for its readiness to participate in the implementation of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s peace formula and its contribution to the European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine.
Denys Shmyhal also expressed gratitude to Lithuania for its clear position on blocking the export of Russian and Belarusian agricultural products to the EU, as well as for its leadership in the sanctions implementation.
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