Germany has delivered an additional air defense system to Ukraine — the IRIS-T surface-to-air missile system. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky in an evening video address.
We have just returned from Brussels with new agreements on air defense. Additionally, Germany has already provided another IRIS-T system — thank you.
This marks the sixth IRIS-T missile system supplied by Berlin.
IRIS-T SLM and IRIS-T SLS are modern German missile systems designed to protect against aerial threats at various ranges.
The IRIS-T SLM can engage targets at medium ranges (up to 40 km), while the IRIS-T SLS serves as an additional air defense component (both autonomously and as part of the IRIS-T SLM) for eliminating targets at close ranges (up to 12 km).
It was previously reported that Germany will provide Ukraine with two more IRIS-T air defense systems by the end of the year.