August 11, Vice Minister of National Defence Margiris Abukevičius took part in an international donors conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, held to assist Ukraine. He underscored that Lithuania continued looking for possibilities to donate additional weaponry to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to Vice Minister, it would be possible sooner in Allies agreed to backfill.
Vice Minister spoke on M. Abukevičius weaponry donations, financial commitment to Ukraine, military training and demining. He voiced the importance of financial commitment to Ukraine – a budget line-item assistance. Vice Minister also pointed out Lithuania’s contribution in training Ukrainian military.
“Lithuania has already arranged three different military training courses for Ukrainian military since the beginning of the full-scale war. Lithuania will be providing five different additional specialist courses in the second half of August. We will have trained roughly 150 Ukrainian military specialists over six months at that point,” said M. Abukevičius.
The conference organized by Denmark, the United Kingdom and Ukraine pulled together Northern European countries supporters of Ukraine. Their representatives in Copenhagen were joined by representatives of the United States of America, Canada and the European Union.
The conference addressed all main themes of assistance to Ukraine: long-term financial support commitment, increased production of weaponry, artillery and ammunition, extension and amplification of training for Ukrainian military and continued assistance in Ukraine’s demining efforts.
