Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto has announced that Ukraine will receive the promised SAMP/T missile system by the end of September.
This was reported by Rai News.
At a European conference dedicated to the production of air defense systems, Crosetto declared that "by the end of the month, the new SAMP/T missile system will be delivered to Ukraine."
"We understand how costly every minute of delay can be," he emphasized.
It was officially announced in June that Ukraine would receive the SAMP/T air defense system. Last week, the foreign ministers of Ukraine and Italy discussed a new Italian military aid package.
Ukraine received its first SAMP/T system, also known as MAMBA, in 2023. This Franco-Italian battery can track dozens of targets and intercept 10 simultaneously—it is also the only European-produced system capable of intercepting ballistic missiles.
