BMP-1 of the Greek Army. Illustrative photo from open sources.
The Greek government has delivered or is about to deliver an “unbelievable” amount of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine, Greek Minister of National Defence, Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, announced on June 5.
Pro News quoted Panagiotopoulos as saying that Greece has been providing military support to Ukraine to fight the “authoritarian Russian regime”.
According to the Greek outlet, the weapons and ammunition Greece delivered or about to deliver to Ukraine are:
- 122 BMP-1A1 Ost infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) along with 15,000 73 mm rocket-propelled grenades for the vehicle’s main gun and ammunition for the secondary 7,62 machine gun.
- 2,100 Grad 122 mm rockets;
- 20,000 AK-47 Kalashnikov assault rifles along with 3,200,000 7.62 mm cartridges;
- 17,000 155 mm artillery rounds;
- 100 RPG-18 anti-tank weapons;
- 60 FIM-92 Stinger MANPADS [man-portable air-defense systems].
Greece has been shipping weapons and ammunition to Ukraine with six C-130 transport aircraft from the Hellenic Air Force and 15 others from the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Germany will compensate Greece for the BMP-1A1s by providing it with a number of Marder IFVs free of charge. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz revealed that he proposed this to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis after the two-day European Council meeting in Brussels in May.
Like many other Western states, Greece has been dumping its old weapon and ammunition stockpiles into the hands of Kiev forces on the hopes of thwarting Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine. So far, this policy has only worsened the humanitarian situation in Ukraine and hindered peace talks between Moscow and Kiev.
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