The German government is discussing the transfer to Ukraine of the German IRIS-T SLM air defense system with a range of 40 kilometers (height - 20 kilometers).

Bild writes about it.

This system allows you to reflect combat aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles, rocket artillery, drones, anti-radar missiles and bombs, thereby ensuring airspace security..

The system, according to Bild, can be fully launched in Ukraine from November.

As soon as the security cabinet approves the delivery, the soldiers can begin training on the use of the system in Germany..

Ukraine is interested in purchasing a total of ten such systems. They can be produced within the next three to four years..

DIEHL proposal has been in the safety committee for at least two weeks. But nothing has been decided yet..

Ambassador of Ukraine Andriy Melnyk visited Berlin this week together with Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba. According to BILD, the final decision of the Ministry of Finance probably has not yet been.

During a speech in the Bundestag, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that air defense systems would be transferred to Ukraine, the newspaper notes..