Ukraine to receive almost $630mln worth of weapons from Poland
Poland is signing the largest contract in 30 years to supply almost $630 million worth of weapons to Ukraine.
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Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (Credit: Reuters)
While visiting the Stalowa Wola defense industry enterprise, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that Poland will sign the largest contract in 30 years to supply almost $630 million worth of weapons to Ukraine.
"As a matter of fact, we are now signing one of the largest, if not the largest, arms export contracts in the last 30 years. The sale of arms for the Ukrainians, to Ukraine. Weapons that have been tested will already be a very important weapon on the battlefield, most likely in eastern Ukraine," Morawiecki said, but he did not specify what types of weapons were mentioned in the contract.
He said that the European Union would partially cover the financing of arms supplies to Ukraine.
"Ukraine partly receives money for this from the European Union, partly pays from its own budget. And Poland receives this money in order to boost our production potential."
In turn, Jacek Sasin, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State Assets of Poland said that "Almost 3 billion, more than 2,7 billion zlotys (about $628 million). There has not been such a contract in the Polish defense industry over the past 30 years."
