Germany to send additional Patriot system to Ukraine

(ANSA-AFP) - FRANKFURT, 13 APR - Germany will send an additional Patriot air defence system to Ukraine to bolster its hard-pressed military and help it fend off increased Russian aerial attacks, Berlin said Saturday.
    "Russian terror against Ukrainian cities and the country's infrastructure is causing immeasurable suffering," said German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, announcing the move. "It is jeopardising people's energy supply and destroying the operational readiness of the Ukrainian armed forces." It will be the third Patriot system that Berlin has supplied to Kyiv, with the defence ministry saying the decision was taken at the request of the Ukrainian government and in coordination with allies. (ANSA-AFP).