The Netherlands will provide a new military aid package to Ukraine. It will include boats and landing craft. Funds will also be allocated for the ammunition purchase.
What is known about the Dutch aid?
The Netherlands will provide Ukraine with fast and highly maneuverable rubber and patrol boats, as well as landing ships. The Netherlands also allocated €250 million for Czechia's initiative to order a large number of artillery shells for Ukraine in the short term, the report said.
Ukraine will receive:
14 Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIB);
Eight militarised river patrol boats;
amphibious assault boat CB90.
According to the department, some vessels will be supplied from the defence department's stocks and others from industrial enterprises.
In addition, it was recently announced that the Netherlands would provide additional aid in the form of ammunition worth more than €100 million.
Aid to Ukraine from the Netherlands
The Netherlands constantly assists Ukraine in the war. In particular, the Netherlands and Denmark led an aviation coalition to train Ukrainian pilots on American F-16 fighter jets. Thus, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, recently said that transferring F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine is on schedule. Ukraine is to receive over 20 combat aircraft.
In addition, Ukraine is close to signing an agreement on security guarantees with the Netherlands. The Netherlands will also allocate over €100 million to Ukraine for the Czech initiative to purchase artillery shells outside the EU.
At the end of November 2023, the Dutch MFA chief announced plans to provide additional aid for €2.5 billion to support Ukraine in 2024.
On March 1, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, signed a bilateral security agreement between Kyiv and Amsterdam.
