# Ukraine war latest: Germany supplies Kyiv with interceptors, air defense missiles in $1.5 billion aid package

https://mins.news/en/item/85552

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-10-04 17:24 UTC
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- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-germany-supplies-kyiv-with-interceptors-air-defense-missiles-in-1-5-billion-aid-package/

> Germany announced more than €1.3 billion in new support for Ukraine, including €1 billion in military aid, thousands of IRIS-T missiles, additional launchers and energy assistance. Berlin will also finance production of interceptor drones in Ukraine. Ukraine’s Security Service said drones struck two Russian fighter aircraft and an ammunition depot at an airfield in Adygea; the damage could not be independently verified.

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