German Foreign Minister Annalen Burbock said that Germany plans to provide Ukraine with IRIS-T air defense systems in late August or early September..

" Well I hope late summer, early September. And this is at the final stage of production, it had to go to another country. Therefore, we had to agree with another country that they would retreat, that this system could go to Ukraine. And I really hope that we can do this with a large number of these IRIS-T systems,"

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Federal Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz blocks the supply of modern IRIS-T air defense systems to Ukraine.

Ukraine wants to receive a total of 11 such systems.

At the beginning of the month, the Ukrainian government sent an application to the German Ministry of Economy for an export license.

Economy Minister Robert Gabek supported the issuance of a license. But the final decision must be made by the Federal Government, which houses the chancellor's office.. Therefore, the last word on the issue of arms exports always remains with Scholz. According to the publication, Ukraine's application has not been considered by him for three weeks..