<p>Portugal is to send military equipment to Ukraine, the defence ministry said on Sunday, joining other Western nations in dispatching help to the eastern European country under Russian attack.</p>.<p>Lisbon is to dispatch "vests, helmets, night-vision goggles, grenades and ammunition of various calibres", the ministry said in a statement in the early hours on Twitter.</p>.<p>"Portugal supports Ukraine, which is defending itself against an unjustified, illegal and unacceptable invasion," Defence Minister Joao Cravinho said in another tweet.</p>.<p>Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva on Saturday told CNN Portugal that Lisbon was "totally open" to welcoming "thousands of Ukrainians" forced to flee their country.</p>.<p>He also said Lisbon had suspended the review of Russia applications for so-called "golden visas", residency permits given to wealthy foreign investors.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/ukraine-says-ready-for-talks-with-russia-but-not-in-complicit-belarus-1085598.html" target="_blank">Ukraine ready for talks with Russia, but not in Belarus</a></strong></p>.<p>A protest in solidarity with Ukraine is to be held later in the day in the capital Lisbon, after a previous gathering of hundreds of people on Saturday.</p>.<p>Greece on Sunday also said it would send "defence equipment" to Ukraine via Poland, without providing further details of what it would be.</p>.<p>Germany said Saturday its army would transfer 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stinger-class surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine, in a U-turn from its longstanding policy of banning weapon exports to conflict zones.</p>.<p>The Netherlands, France, Belgium, and the Czech Republic have also pledged various kinds of weaponry, while the United States is providing Ukraine with $350 million in additional military equipment.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>Portugal is to send military equipment to Ukraine, the defence ministry said on Sunday, joining other Western nations in dispatching help to the eastern European country under Russian attack.</p>.<p>Lisbon is to dispatch "vests, helmets, night-vision goggles, grenades and ammunition of various calibres", the ministry said in a statement in the early hours on Twitter.</p>.<p>"Portugal supports Ukraine, which is defending itself against an unjustified, illegal and unacceptable invasion," Defence Minister Joao Cravinho said in another tweet.</p>.<p>Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva on Saturday told CNN Portugal that Lisbon was "totally open" to welcoming "thousands of Ukrainians" forced to flee their country.</p>.<p>He also said Lisbon had suspended the review of Russia applications for so-called "golden visas", residency permits given to wealthy foreign investors.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/ukraine-says-ready-for-talks-with-russia-but-not-in-complicit-belarus-1085598.html" target="_blank">Ukraine ready for talks with Russia, but not in Belarus</a></strong></p>.<p>A protest in solidarity with Ukraine is to be held later in the day in the capital Lisbon, after a previous gathering of hundreds of people on Saturday.</p>.<p>Greece on Sunday also said it would send "defence equipment" to Ukraine via Poland, without providing further details of what it would be.</p>.<p>Germany said Saturday its army would transfer 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stinger-class surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine, in a U-turn from its longstanding policy of banning weapon exports to conflict zones.</p>.<p>The Netherlands, France, Belgium, and the Czech Republic have also pledged various kinds of weaponry, while the United States is providing Ukraine with $350 million in additional military equipment.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>