Denmark will announce a major plan to rearm its military tomorrow, in the face of the growing threat posed by Russia, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said today, without specifying the financial amount of the program.
"We must massively strengthen and protect Denmark. And we must massively rearm to avoid war," Mette Frederiksen said in parliament.
No details were given on the amount, but according to Danish public broadcaster DR, the government is expected to announce the creation of a 50 billion kroner (6,8 billion euros) fund for additional defense spending in the period 2025-2026.
Air defense systems are among the needs of the army, which currently does not have them, DR added.
This rearmament must be done "quickly" because we are faced with a "difficult situation for our country, kingdom and continent," the Danish Prime Minister said.
According to her, Denmark is currently going through "the most dangerous situation of its existence" and that it is "worse than the Cold War period."
After an emergency meeting of some European Union leaders in Paris regarding Ukraine, Mette Frederiksen warned that "Russia, unfortunately, now threatens all of Europe."
The war in Ukraine is part of "Russian imperial dreams, of building a stronger and greater Russia, and I think they will not stop in Ukraine," she told reporters.
"That's why I'm very concerned about a quick ceasefire, because it could give President Putin and Russia a better opportunity to remobilize and attack Ukraine or another country in Europe," the prime minister added.
If the Danish fund is 50 billion kroner, as reported by the media, it will increase the defense efforts of Denmark, one of Ukraine's main supporters, to three percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Denmark has provided military support to Ukraine worth around 2022 billion euros since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 7,2.
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