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Turkey delivers large arms package to Ukraine including American missiles

The U.S. government has approved a significant arms shipment from Turkey to Ukraine, including long-range missiles.

11 August 2026Tagblick Newsdesk

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Turkey will deliver a large-scale arms package to Ukraine, which includes 70 American ATACMS missiles and missile launchers. The U.S. government has approved this arms delivery, according to reports from VRT NWS.

The Turkish government has stated that it aims to phase out older weapons from its stockpile. This is a strategy to free up resources for the modernization of its own armed forces.

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