The German government has not delivered significant weapons to Ukraine in the past three weeks, reports the newspaper Die Welt, citing an internal government document.
According to the newspaper, between March 30 and April 21, Kyiv did not receive any additional anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles from Germany, only 1,000 spare parts for machine guns, 250,000 detonators, 100,000 cables for explosives, 18 wireless, 100,000 grenades, 5.3 explosives and 1,000 mines. The last delivery of anti-tank and anti-aircraft equipment took place on March 25, with 2,000 rockets for the Panzerfaust 3 missiles and 1,500 Strela anti-aircraft missiles.
The Federal Ministry of Defense, however, refused to comment on the data, citing the classification of relevant information.
The issue of German arms deliveries to Ukraine and Chancellor Olaf Solz’s persistent refusal to consent to the shipment of heavy weapons, despite the opposing views of his government partners (Greens, FDP), will soon be the subject of debate in the Commission. Parliament, which has invited Mr Soltz for this purpose. “I would be happy if your program allowed this participation. “The drama of the war in Ukraine is growing by the day,” wrote Marie-Agnes Strak-Zimmermann, chair of the commission, in a letter to the chancellor. “is an existential issue for the people of Ukraine.”
Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said earlier today that Berlin had reached an agreement with its Eastern European partners to supply Ukraine with heavy weapons “within the next few days”, with a commitment from Germany to replace them. “These are tanks, armor or other items that any country can provide. “Germany will then replenish its reserves,” said Ms. Lambrecht. .
Ms. Lambrecht also acknowledged that the German armed forces are on the verge of failing to deliver heavy weapons to Ukraine, “if we want to continue to guarantee national and allied defense.” He said, however, that Germany would train Ukrainian soldiers in the use of German-made Panzerhaubitze 2000 artillery systems, which the Netherlands would reportedly send to Ukraine. “Germany can not send Panzerhaubitze 2000 itself, because we do not have stocks. “But where we can offer training in handling them, we will do it (…). In the future we should be better equipped so that we do not find ourselves in the current position again,” said the Minister of Defense.
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