The Dutch military material promised a week ago by the Netherlands to the Ukrainian Government to reinforce its self-defense “not yet” has reached Ukraineadmitted this Friday the Dutch Defense Minister, Kajsa Ollongren, who justified the delay in logistical problems.
“Weapons are necessary for self-defense,” said Ollongren, who explained that “logistics have to be organized and that logistics, of course, has been strongly influenced by the Russian invasion” of Ukraine.
“We are working very hard on it”, he promised after the Council of Ministers this Friday, according to the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.
The material inventory includes 3,000 combat helmets and 2,000 vests with armor plates; 30 metal detectors and two wire-guided detection robots for mine detection; two battlefield surveillance radars and five weapon location radars; as well as 100 sniper rifles with 30,000 pieces of ammunition.
Refugees
On the other hand, the Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, Eric van der Burg, announced that Ukrainians who are in the Netherlands will not have to leave when their visa expires, and the same will apply to Ukrainian citizens who come to the country. .
In addition, he assured that he is in talks with the Dutch municipalities to provide housing for those in needalthough he admitted not knowing how many people he is willing to receive in the Netherlands and stressed that he will travel to Brussels this Sunday to discuss the matter with his European colleagues in an extraordinary council on this matter.
“It is obvious that people will first flee to neighboring countries. If they travel to the rest of Europe, we will have to manage it together,” he added.
The Netherlands has not announced unilateral sanctions against Moscow, although it supports the package negotiated in Brussels.
However, several Dutch MPs, including right-wing (VVD) and left-wing (D66) liberals, have criticized the European Union’s (EU) decision not to exclude Moscow from the Swift international payments system. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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