Lithuania has sent 105-mm howitzers from its reserve to Ukraine, Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas has announced.
“M50/M101 105 mm howitzers held in reserve of the Lithuanian Armed Forces were sent to Ukraine,” he said in a Facebook post.
The minister added that Lithuania’s total military assistance to Ukraine, including the current and other planned shipments, would reach approximately 180 million euros.
“As regards the backfilling of Lithuania’s arsenals of weapons, we are now holding talks with other countries,” Anusauskas said.
Lithuania has already sent around 20 M113 armoured personnel carriers (APC) to Ukraine.
Anusauskas said late in August that the country would send 10 more APCs, as well as simulation rounds, smoke charges and smoke grenades.
Lithuania’s military assistance to Ukraine has also included Stinger air defence systems, anti-armour weapons, tactical vests and helmets, 120 mm mortars, small arms, ammunition, thermal imaging, drones, anti-drone equipment and surveillance radars, as well as trucks, all-terrain vehicles and the crowdfunded Bayraktar TB2 drone. (LRT/Business World Magazine)
