Minister of Defense Morten Bødskov confirmed yesterday that Denmark’s total expenditure on military donations to Ukraine has now reached DKK 2 billion – double what was previously thought.
In April, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen confirmed plans to increase spending from 400 million to 1 billion kroner, and now it has shot up further.
Believed to contain sinking missiles
Bødskov did not go into much detail about the nature of the weapons donated, but it is believed that they include Harpoon missiles – as one analyst recently told DR were “relatively long-range naval-range missiles used to shoot ships” .
It is also believed that the donation will include other equipment, such as military vests.
Taken from a two-year pool
In a response to a defense committee question posed by former Danish People’s Party leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl on 2 May, the minister explained that he did not want to go into details “for the sake of confidentiality about operational matters”.
However, he confirmed that the 2 billion kroner would be taken from a pool of 3.5 billion kroner set aside for emergency preparedness and humanitarian efforts in 2022 and 2023.
Source: The Nordic Page