Lithuania announced on Wednesday it would allocate €13.5 million ($14.6 million) for the purchase of radar systems as part of a German-led air-defence initiative for Ukraine. Lithuania will send four radar systems to Ukraine this year and then acquire further systems, Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas said. “They will strengthen warning capabilities and visibility and improve the ability to destroy aerial objects,” Kasčiūnas said, according to Lithuanian media reports. Germany recently launched an initiative for the rapid delivery of air-defence systems to Ukraine. However, attempts to procu…