Ukraine and Finland sign a package of defence projects worth about EUR 300 million

Ukraine's defence ministry said the two countries signed seven documents, three of them on the defence industry, at a meeting attended by President Volodymyr Zelensky, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and companies from both countries.

The package is worth about EUR 300 million: about EUR 200 million under the Drone Deal and EUR 100 million under the Build with Ukraine initiative. It is meant to combine Ukrainian technology and combat experience with Finland's industrial capacity, and covers aerial drones, ground vehicles and surface vessels. The talks dealt with raising production and getting the technology Ukraine's armed forces need into use faster.

Orpo said Finland is preparing another military aid package, and that its five packages this year were worth more than half a billion euros in total.