28 February, 2022 - Croatia has decided to grant Ukraine's request for weaponry and will send infantry weapons and protective equipment in the amount sufficient for four brigades, Defence Minister Mario Banožić told the press on Monday.
"We are talking about rifles and machine guns with the calibres requested by the Ukrainian side," said the minister after the government held a meeting at which military aid to Ukraine was discussed.
The value of the weapons is HRK 124 million (€16.5 million).
Croatia also plans to declare up to 10 soldiers for NATO's rapid response force.
Banožić declined to reveal more information about the soldiers for that mission.
He said that the authorities were monitoring the situation in the region, and that following intelligence collected, the protection of military facilities had been raised to a higher level.
