The government has allocated PLN 850 million (EUR 185 million) for the production of self-propelled howitzers at the Bumar-Labedy plant in Gliwice, southern Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki, Polish prime minister has announced.
The Polish-made Krab gun-howitzers handed over to Ukraine are highly valued and very effective on the battlefield, the Ukrainian ambassador to Poland has written on social media.
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Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced on Wednesday that Krab howitzers will be produced at the Bumar-Labedy plant in Gliwice in the Silesia region (southern Poland).
Poland will increase production of Krab self-propelled howitzers both for the Polish Army and for export, Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister, said on Wednesday.
Nine countries, including Poland, UK, the Czech Republic and the Baltic states, declared to provide "unprecedented" military aid to Ukraine after a Thursday meeting of their representatives in Estonia.
Poland will offer Ukraine a company of German-made Leopard tanks, Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, said in Lviv at a meeting with his Ukrainian and Lithuanian counterparts on Wednesday.
Military equipment manufactured in Poland, especially the Piorun (Thunderbolt) air defence system, has been attracting growing interest from around the world, the CEO of the Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) has said.
Poland's Defence Ministry has approved the purchase of 48 Polish-made Krab self-propelled howitzers, and 36 auxiliary vehicles in a deal valued at PLN 3.8 billion (EUR 800 million).
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