Yle
January 20, 2023

Finland sends its largest-ever military aid package to Ukraine

[The] package is almost twice as much as has been previously sent over the past 12 months….

Finland will donate a 12th defence equipment package to Ukraine, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Defence.

The decision was signed by President Sauli Niinistö on Thursday based on a proposal by the Finnish government.

In a tweet, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked “true friends” President Niinistö, Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) and the Finnish government for arranging and sending the package.

The value of this materiel shipment has been estimated to cost Finland over 400 million euros.

The total value of all defence equipment packages shipped from Finland to Ukraine is now 590 million euros.

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Support for Ukraine is also on the agenda on Friday in Ramstein, Germany, where the defence ministers of Finland and Sweden are scheduled to sign a statement of intent on support, according to the Finnish Ministry of Defence. A coalition of Nato allies and other Western countries are meeting at the US military base in Germany to discuss the war in Ukraine.