Poland adopted a resolution providing for the supply of Piorun man-portable air defense systems and ammunition to Ukraine. About it informed Minister of Defense of the Republic Mariusz Blaszczak on Twitter.
“At my request, the Council of Ministers adopted a resolution on assistance to Ukraine. We will provide the most modern Polish equipment – Piorun man-portable air defense systems and ammunition,” the minister wrote.
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Piorun – modernization of the Russian Igla-1 MANPADS. Piorun maximum range not disclosedbut it is known that it exceeds 6.4 kilometers, ”and the maximum flight altitude is 4 kilometers.
Earlier, the head of the National Security Bureau of Poland, Pavel Solokh, said that Warsaw would transfer to Ukraine several tens of thousands of defensive weapons, including shells for air defense systems.