New weapons rather than stocks: Finland launches Ukraine support program for 660 million euros
Instead of transferring weapons from their own stocks, Finland will now focus on the order of products from Finnish enterprises, which will then be transferred to Ukraine. The Ministry plans to allocate 660 million euros to implement this initiative. "Thanks to this new support program, Finnish companies will play a key role in supporting Ukraine.
We still supported Ukraine mainly through the transfer of stocks, but in the future we will order considerable volumes of products from our companies," said the Minister of Defense of the Country Antta Hakkyanen. Procurement for Ukraine will be carried out by the Finland Defense Forces Department. At the same time, a round table with the participation of arms manufacturers will be held under the chairmanship of the Ministry of Defense, where financial and logistics issues will be discussed.
The main criteria for choosing products will be: Earlier, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov reported that Finland invests in the production of heavy armored vehicles for the Armed Forces. However, the details of what samples are referred to and what will be the mechanism of financing their production. Recall that in Finland, one of the leading armored vehicles is Patria, known for its wheel armored vehicles Patria AMV, as well as self -propelled NEMO mortar systems.