According to the German chancellor, his country’s goal is to offer Ukraine really effective aid. “The Ukrainian army must be able to use heavy equipment in the war against Russia. “But he needs to be trained for that.”
The chancellor Olaf Solts rejects the criticism againexercised by the Ukrainian side, that Germany delays delivery of heavy weapons. «Germany will deliver all the weapons systems that have been announced“, He stated and stressed that it should be given to Ukraine “Really effective help”.
«It would be wrong to hand over just modern weapons systems, such as the Panzerhaubitzer 2000 self-propelled guns, without instructions, without training. The training is currently taking place in GermanySaid the chancellor after the meeting he had with the prime ministers of the eastern states and clarified that the same goes for the Gepard anti-aircraft tank. “Our goal is to offer Ukraine really effective assistance. The Ukrainian army must be able to use heavy equipment in the war against Russia. But he must be trained for it“, Added and referred to the other state-of-the-art systems that Germany will provide to Ukraine, such as the Cobra surveillance radar and the Iris-T air defense system already announced.
«Russia is not allowed to win and will not win this warMr. Solz repeated after his meeting last Monday, the night with the Prime Minister of Slovakia and also promised that Slovakia will continue to be supported by Germany for the defense of airspace. “Germany will defend every square centimeter of NATO territory”underlined the chancellor.
The statements of the Minister of Defense were in the same spirit Christine Lambrecht, which defended the German position on the delivery of heavy weapons to Ukraine. «We stand together in time of danger. And we are capable of emergency action. We support Ukraine with weapons, money and humanitarian aid. Together we strengthen NATO’s vulnerable eastern arm to make the whole Alliance safer“, Said the minister and stressed that in this effort “Germany helps a lot.”
«We delivered material very quickly from the armed forces. Everything we could“Ms. Lambrecht said characteristically, while clarifying that the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, soon reached its limit. The same goes for delivery of the Panzerhaubitze 2000, he added, referring to the promised delivery of seven tanks, with which Germany is meeting its obligations towards NATO. In addition, the defense industry is repairing Gepard anti-aircraft systems and is already training Ukrainians in them.
