German Defense Minister Christina Lambrecht clarified that Berlin will send missiles and spare parts, while it will train Ukrainian pilots of the specific artillery weapons.
Germany will supply the Ukrainian army with three self-propelled missile launchers MARS II, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht announced in Brussels on Wednesday.
Ms Lambrecht explained that the three systems were “the limit” of the kind of weapons Berlin could provide to Kyiv without questioning missions by the Bundeswehr – the German armed forces – and NATO, in a statement to reporters after meeting of the so-called Contact Group for Defense of Ukraine, which handles arms deliveries.
Sources close to the German government spoke a few days ago about the possible delivery of four such systems, the German modernized and adapted to European standards version of the American design MLRS M270.
Defense Minister Lambrecht also clarified that Berlin will send missiles, spare parts, while it will train Ukrainian operators of these artillery weapons. He added that the United States and Britain would send four and three more systems, respectively.
Mikhail Podoliak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said earlier this week that Ukraine would need, among other things, 300 multi-role rocket launchers to balance heavy weapons with Russia on the battlefield.
