(ANSA-AFP) - BERLIN, NOV 28 - Germany said on Thursday it had
offered NATO to deploy Patriot air defence systems to Poland
from January to help protect weapons supply lines to Ukraine in
its war against Russia. Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said
this would help protect a logistics hub and "secure the supply
of vehicles, weapons and ammunition that Ukraine urgently needs
to defend itself against the brutal Russian attacks that violate
international law". Support teams should be available to send to
Poland from January 2025 and the systems could be deployed for
up to six months, the defence ministry said. "We are currently
coordinating the exact details of the relocation with Poland,
other allies and NATO in Brussels," the defence ministry said.
Pistorius said that the deployment would mean that "together
with our Polish friends, we are also securing NATO airspace, as
we did last year". (ANSA-AFP).
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