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Newshour: 13/05/2023 20:06 GMT: Germany announces its biggest Ukraine military aid package yet

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13/05/2023 20:06 GMT

13/05/2023 20:06 GMT: Germany announces its biggest Ukraine military aid package yet

Germany announces its biggest Ukraine military aid package yet

BBC World Service - Newshour, Germany announces its biggest Ukraine military aid package yet

New tanks, ammunition and air defence systems from Germany for Ukraine

Berlin's biggest military aid package yet for Ukraine includes tanks, ammunition, and air defence systems worth almost $3 billion.

Germany has announced its biggest military aid package yet for Ukraine. Tanks, ammunition, and air defence systems are all part of the deal worth almost $3 billion.

It comes after Berlin's initial reluctance to send arms - is it better late than never?

Also in the programme: is Turkey about to take a seismic political shift in elections tomorrow? And we'll hear from Liverpool which is hosting the Eurovision song contest.

(Photo shows Ukrainian soldiers standing on a Leopard 1A5 tank at a training site in Germany. Credit: Nadja Wohlleben/Reuters)

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