Germany offers to deploy Patriot defence systems to Poland

(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).