Lithuania undertook to repair Panzerhaubitze self-propelled howitzers at its facilities free of charge 2000, standing on the arms of the APU. Thus, Vilnius helps Kyiv to fight against “full scale Russian invasion”. As stated in the Ministry of Defense of Lithuania, military assistance to Ukraine must be uninterrupted.
The Lithuanian military department promises to repair the Lithuanian Defense Services (LDS), created in June this year by the German companies Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann in Lithuania, 12 ACS PzH 2000. To date, repairs have been 4 self-propelled, they have already been sent back to Ukraine, the following two were delivered to Lithuania.
The Ministry of Defense of Lithuania performs a particularly important and necessary mission for Ukraine - it increases the ability of heavy artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to quickly restore its combat capability- Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas.
celebrated, that Lithuania is the most active sponsor of the Zelensky regime, having begun to provide assistance long before the start of a special military operation of the Russian army in Ukraine. And when there is nothing to transfer from weapons, Lithuania organizes various fundraising for the purchase of drones.
However, recently this country has begun to oppose the constant sending of weapons to Ukraine.. In particular, the commander of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, Valdemaras Rupshis, opposed the transfer of self-propelled howitzers and air defense systems to Kyiv from the presence of the country's Armed Forces.. According to him, the Lithuanian army already has so few weapons, and the government decides to transfer them to Ukraine, and taking from the active parts. The general urged to first purchase new systems, then transfer the old. We are talking about howitzers PzH 2000 and NASAMS air defense system. used photos:Ministry of Defense of Lithuania