“We are now also supplying 50 Panzerfaust-3 anti-tank weapons with 400 missiles,” said Ollongren. The weapons are ‘in defense against Russian aggression’. Together with Germany, the Netherlands is also investigating ‘the possibility of supplying Patriots (air defense systems, ed.) to the NATO Battlegroup in Slovakia’.
The Netherlands is also looking at how humanitarian and financial aid can be given to President Zelensky’s government. More clarity about this should be provided in the coming days, it was previously announced.
sniper rifles
A week ago, the Netherlands promised to supply a hundred sniper rifles with 30,000 pieces of associated ammunition, radars and detectors. The weapons are needed for self-defense, the D66 minister said at the time.
The Ukrainians can also count on 3,000 Dutch combat helmets, 2,000 shard vests, five weapon location radars, thirty metal detectors, two battlefield surveillance radars and two wire-guided detection robots to detect naval mines. But the military equipment had still not arrived by Friday evening, Ollongren acknowledged.
Delivery was delayed by Russia’s massive invasion of Ukraine. “We had a different logistical plan, but the attack by the Russians had to change that,” said the minister at the time.