BRUSSELS, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Germany will finance a U.S.

weapons package for Ukraine amounting to $500 million, German

Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said at a meeting of the

so-called Ramstein group of Kyiv's allies in Brussels on

Wednesday.

The package will include air defence systems, Patriot

missiles, radar systems, precision-guided artillery

rockets and ammunition, he said, adding that additional German

military aid in total comprised over two billion euros.

Pistorius also announced the delivery of another two IRIS-T

air defence systems include a large number of missiles and

shoulder-fired air defence missiles.