Speaking during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to Berlin on Wednesday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said his government would help enable a joint production of long-range missiles, APA reports citing France24.
"We want to enable long-range weapons, we also want to enable joint production, and we will not speak about details publicly but will intensify cooperation," he said at a joint news conference with Zelenskyy.
Merz on Wednesday said that under an intensified cooperation agreement with Ukraine, Germany “will strive to equip the Ukrainian army with all the capabilities that truly enable it to successfully defend the country”, including upgraded domestic missile production.
Germany has been the second-biggest supplier of military aid to Ukraine after the US.
“Ukraine will be able to fully defend itself including against military targets outside its own territory” with its own missiles, Merz said.
Zelenskyy said the two leaders had agreed to cooperate in production in Ukraine of weapons, including drones. Government officials had signed agreements on the construction and development of production facilities, he said.
"These new projects already exist," Zelenskyy said. "We just want them to be in the amount that we need."
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