According to Anwesha Majumdar in RepublicWorld.com, the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz, on Sunday, August 21, announced the shipment of COBRA counter-battery radar and IRIS-T missiles to Ukraine.
German newspaper Die Welt’s website on May 4, 2022, already announced that Germany planned to supply Cobra counter-artillery radars to Ukraine. This announcement came after the announcement of Germany to provide PzH 2000 155mm self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine.
Germany has now authorized the sale of 255 high-precision 155mm Vulcan-guided artillery shells to Ukraine. According to the German publication Welt am Sonntag, no precise delivery date has been set yet. Defense companies of Germany (Diehl Defence) and Italy (Leonardo) have jointly produced Vulcano shells.
In addition to this, the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz on Sunday announced the shipment of the COBRA counterbattery radar and the IRIS-T air defence system to Ukraine. Referring to the weapons, Scholz said that they “will soon be” in Kyiv. According to Nexta, he also said that Germany will keep giving Ukraine “what it needs for defense.”