Denmark to send Caesar howitzer artillery systems to Ukraine

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in December asked Western leaders meeting in Latvia to supply a wide range of weapons systems, including Denmark's Caesar howitzers. The donation will delay Denmark's build-up of its brigade, the defence ministry said.

Denmark will donate 19 French-made Caesar howitzer artillery systems to Ukraine, the Danish Defence Ministry said on Thursday.

"We have been in continuous contact with the Ukrainians about the Caesar artillery in particular and I am happy that we have now received broad support from the Danish parliament to donate it to Ukraine's freedom struggle," Defence Minister Jakob Ellemann-Jensen said in a statement. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in December

asked Western leaders meeting in Latvia to supply a wide range of weapons systems, including Denmark's Caesar howitzers.

The donation will delay Denmark's build-up of its brigade, the defence ministry said. Denmark will seek to quickly acquire new military capacities in parallel with the donation, it added.