The German Foreign Ministry assures that they understand that the countdown is on the clock.
Germany is studying what additional services and ammunition will be needed its stockpile of obsolete BMP Marder so that Ukraine can make full use of it, and is working on future training of the Ukrainian military to use advanced technology , German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock said on Thursday, according to Reuters. p>
“We do not have a taboo on armored vehicles and other weapons that Ukraine needs,” she told a news conference with her Estonian counterpart, answering questions about the blockade of tank supplies to Ukraine by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Burbock stated that the priority was to ensure Ukraine's rapid acquisition of old Soviet weapons, which the Ukrainian military could use without additional training, and that it was doing so by replacing allied countries with such weapons with modern German-made equipment.
< p>At the same time, she complained that the German armed forces are also short of certain weapons, such as helicopters for the peacekeeping mission in Africa.
the military will need training, and that Berlin will pay for it.
“We are providing a billion euros because we need to think not only about the coming days and months, but also about the systems that Ukraine needs for defense now and for a free Ukraine in the future,” she said.
In the morning, the German newspaper Bild reported that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz personally halved the list of weapons for Ukraine >. In particular, Leopard tanks, Puma and Marder armored personnel carriers, Boxer armored personnel carriers, Boxer armored personnel carriers disappeared from the list.
This step outraged not only the parliamentary opposition, but also Scholz's coalition colleagues.
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