Major deliveries of military material and extensive logistical support make Rheinmetall Ukraine’s most important defence industry partner in the fight against Russian aggression.
Thanks to its massive production capacity, the Düsseldorf-based tech enterprise is able not only to furnish vital products like ammunition. It can also draw on its extensive technology portfolio to aid Ukraine’s struggle for national survival.
In addition to short-term shipments of military hardware, in the long run Ukraine will need help in re-establishing its own defence industry and reorienting its production to western standards.
In October 2023, Rheinmetall therefore founded a joint venture with the Ukrainian state-owned company Ukrainian Defense Industry JSC (formerly Ukroboronprom) in Kiev – Rheinmetall Ukrainian Defense Industry LLC.
Currently, maintenance and repair work is already being carried out on military vehicles; in a second step, armoured vehicles are also to be manufactured in Ukraine, for example Fuchs/Fox armoured transport vehicles, Lynx infantry fighting vehicles and Panther main battle tanks.
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