Germany is considering sending a large one long-range self-propelled guns in Ukraine, a security source told Reuters on Friday, confirming a report published in the newspaper Welt am Sonntag just days after Berlin’s decision to send heavy weapons to Kyiv for the first time.
The move follows threats from the Kremlin that Western arms deliveries to Ukraine pose a threat to the security of the European continent “and cause instability”.
Ukraine’s calls for heavy weapons intensified after Moscow moved its offensive to Donbass, a largely flat, open eastern region considered to be better suited for tank battles than the north around the capital. Kyiv, where most of the fighting had taken place earlier.
Berlin is in talks with the Dutch government over the surrender Panzerhaubitze 2000 in Ukraine, the source said, referring to one of the most powerful firearms in Bundeswehr stocks that can hit long-range targets. 40 kilometers.
The Netherlands intends to deliver a “limited number” of the same self-propelled guns to Ukraine, the ANP news agency reported on Tuesday (26/4), as Germany has offered to provide training and ammunition for weapons made by the German company. KMW.
The acquisition of anti-aircraft S-300 system “From partners” announced earlier on Friday the Ukrainian army while the war with Russia is raging. The system is already performing missions even mentioned.
“The anti-aircraft missile forces of the Southern Air Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces received an S-300 missile system from partners, which significantly strengthened the Ukrainian air defense in the south of the country,” it said.
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