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Finland to provide Ukraine with 18th defense aid package incl heavy weapons, ammunition by end of week

23 August 2023 15:38 (UTC +04:00)

Finland will provide Ukraine with another 18th defense aid package by the end of the week, it will include heavy weapons and ammunition, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has said, APA reports citing Interfax Ukraine.

"Finland has already provided assistance to Ukraine in the amount of EUR 1.7 billion... We are now preparing the next 18th aid package. It will include heavy weapons, ammunition... We must deliver it finally at the end of this week. This is a very good package. It contains very necessary materials ", Orpo said at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kiev.

In turn, Zelenskyy said Ukraine is extremely interested in Finnish armored personnel carriers.