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The package includes additional funds to procure new military equipment through the Ukrainian defenсe industry and the industrial pool, as well as more donations of equipment through international partners. These are some of the elements within the package that the government has discussed with the Foreign Policy Council.
"Putin continues his brutal and bloody attacks against the Ukrainians unabated. It is crucial that Denmark continues to support Ukraine so they can defend themselves. This twentieth military support package has been put together based on Ukraine's wishes and needs and is intended to support Ukraine both in the short term and in the coming years," says Defenсe Minister Troels Lund Poulsen.
The donation package has a total value of approximately DKK 783 million and is composed based on Ukraine's needs and recommendations, dialogue with international partners, and the Danish Defence's professional recommendations.
Central to the package are financial contributions, including an additional DKK 300 million for the industrial pool in 2024. The industrial pool is targeted at purchases in the defenсe industry to meet Ukrainian needs for military support. An additional DKK 112 million is also set aside in 2024 to finance donations through the Ukrainian defenсe industry.
"Denmark is, and will remain, among Ukraine's biggest supporters. We have continuously shown that where there is a will, there is a way, and Denmark has set the international standard for support to Ukraine. Today, we are taking another step with the twentieth military donation package, which will provide Ukraine with much-needed military equipment that will make a difference in the face of Russia's war of aggression," says Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen.
For operational and security reasons, it is not possible to give a detailed account of the full contents of the donation package.
The donation package is financed within the Ukraine Fund, subject to the Finance Committee's subsequent final approval.