Germany to Help Kyiv Build Long-Range Missiles to Strike Russia

Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Friedrich Merz in Berlin on May 28.Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

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By Michael Nienaber and Olesia Safronova

May 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM UTC

Updated on

May 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM UTC

Germany agreed to provide Ukraine with €5 billion ($5.7 billion) in military aid as part of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s pledge to help Kyiv build long-range weapons to hit targets on Russian territory.

The German funds will flow to the war-battered nation’s production infrastructure, with a “significant” number of weapons to be built this year, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. The first systems will be operational in the coming weeks. Berlin will also step up deliveries of components for weapons systems in addition to badly needed artillery.