The Greek NATO representative has assured that Athens is considering the possibility of «increasing its contributions» in supporting Kyiv. Greece plans to provide Ukraine with new security assistance: air defense systems and anti-aircraft weapons. This includes equipment that is no longer used by the armed forces of this country. This was stated by the special representative in Ukraine, permanent representative of Greece to NATO Spyros Lambrides in an interview with Voice of America.
«This is confidential information, but there are no secrets between friends — we supply Ukraine with everything we can, and everything they asked us to supply to the extent that we could,»
the official reassured. He stated that Athens began providing assistance to Kyiv long before agreements were reached on F-35 fighter jets from the United States. According to him, Greece understands that Ukraine is defending its independence and sovereignty. «We thought we needed to give everything we could, of course, without jeopardizing our own national defense. We are doing this. We are considering the possibility of increasing our contributions in this area,» Lambrides summed up.
It should be noted that at the end of January, the media reported that Greece will transfer Soviet weapons to Ukraine as part of an agreement with the US.
This included the TOR, Osa, S-300 air defense systems, as well as ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft installations and ammunition for all the mentioned positions.