German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius on Wednesday said that allies are ready to further strengthen Ukraine’s military defence.

Pistorius announced he is to relaunch an international support initiative for Kiev’s air defence, as he arrived at a meeting of the so-called Ukraine Contact Group in Brussels.

The German minister, who co-chairs the meeting, also said that Belgium, Estonia, Italy, Sweden and Turkey are to join a group of countries supporting the expansion of Ukraine’s electromagnetic combat capabilities.

This involves securing Ukrainian communications, reconnaissance and disruption of Russian communications, as well as drone defence.

“It is obvious, every day Russia continues to attack Ukraine on a massive scale from the air, the number of drone attacks and attacks with cruise missiles is immense. Again and again, every day, innocent Ukrainians die or are injured in these attacks,” said Pistorius.