A Russian missile exploded close to the Greek leader during a visit to Ukraine earlier this month, raising fears over the triggering of NATO's Article 5.
Greece will purchase new military equipment for Ukraine from the Czech Republic this year, according to Greek media reports, as Kyiv looks for sources of vital military equipment in the face of Russian advances and floundering U.S. assistance.Athens will buy equipment from Prague that will be 'transferred directly' to Kyiv, Greek newspaper Kathimerini reported. The two countries are negotiating the cost of the equipment ahead of a formal agreement, according to the newspaper.
But it came with a condition—Washington maintained its interest in 'the defense capabilities that Greece could transfer or sell to Ukraine,' Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrote in a letter to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.Greece agreed to a deal with Germany in September 2022 that it would receive Berlin's Marder vehicles as part of what is known as a 'ring exchange,' with Athens sending its Soviet-era BMP-1 fighting vehicles to Ukraine.
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