In the city of Košice in the east of Slovakia, a military equipment repair base for the Armed Forces of Ukraine has started operations.
This was stated by Brigadier General Christian Freuding, head of the special staff of Ukraine at the German Ministry of Defense, writes Bild.
"With the help of a new repair center near Slovakia's border with Ukraine, the government and the arms industry want to ensure the continued use of heavy weapons to repel Russia's aggressive war," Freuding said.
The German tank company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) is now organizing in the region the repair of large equipment that was worn out or damaged in the fighting in Ukraine, such as Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers.
The legal basis of cooperation is an intergovernmental agreement between Slovakia and the German government.
In particular, we are talking about the production of Soviet caliber 152 mm and 122 mm projectiles for Ukrainian artillery.