Greece will continue to arm Ukraine

Greece will continue to supply Ukraine with ammunition of all kinds but has refused the invaded country's request to send any of its Soviet- and Russian-made air defense missile-systems (S-300, TOR-M1 and OSA-AK).

Ukrainian Defense Minister, Oleksii Reznikov, who visited Athens Thursday, reiterated the request for the missile systems. While repeating that sending over this systems will not be done, Greece, through Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos, signaled its readiness to continue sending ammunition, especially 155mm artillery shells.

Besides the continuing supply of ammunition, Panagiotopoulos and Reznikov agreed on Ukraine continue to receive shells produced by Hellenic Defense System (EAS) whose production capacity the government plans to upgrade. They also agreed that, eventually, and depending on the course of the war, the Greek Navy will assist Ukraine...