Lithuania will transfer to Ukraine NASAMS air defence launchers and additional armoured personnel carriers and ammunition.

According to Arvydas Anušauskas, Lithuanian Defence Minister, on his Facebook page, the planned Lithuanian military assistance package to Ukraine includes 10 M113 armoured personnel carriers. Thus, the total number of these armoured personnel carriers transferred by Lithuania will reach 72 units.

In total, Lithuania has ordered 12.5 million pieces of ammunition for Ukraine in 2023, of which 2.5 million will be transferred soon. 

Thousands of anti-tank ammunition for grenade launchers will also be transferred soon, Anušauskas added.

He also specified that the cost of two NASAMS air defence system launchers, which Lithuania decided to purchase for Ukraine, is about €9.8 million. 

In the near future, the launchers will be fully prepared for integration into existing Ukrainian divisions, complementing and expanding the operational capabilities of NASAMS systems transferred by Norway and the United States.

Earlier, Gitanas Nausėda, Lithuanian President, announced that Lithuania purchased two NASAMS launchers to transfer to Ukraine.

He made this announcement before his visit to Kyiv on Wednesday.