However, he will still not provide Leopards tanks to Ukraine.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who systematically opposes the supply of heavy weapons to Ukraine on behalf of his country, stated that it was German weapons that played a “decisive” role in Ukraine's recent successful counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region. He said this while speaking to journalists at a press conference with Prime Minister of Georgia Iraklii Garibashvili in Berlin, Politico writes. for the development of the conflict in the east of Ukraine, and it also affected the situation in the battle,” Scholz said.
According to the government list, Berlin supplied Kyiv with 10 Panzerhaubitze 2000 howitzers, 24 Gepard anti-aircraft tanks and various light weapons.
Defending Germany against criticism of insufficient aid to Ukraine, Scholz added that soon Germany will also supply Ukraine with the IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile system, which is “modern equipment that even the Bundeswehr does not use.”
At the same time, the German The chancellor again ruled out the delivery of Leopards tanks or Marders BMPs to Ukraine, insisting that such moves must be agreed between allies and that no other country is sending Western battle tanks to Ukraine.
“The position of the entire German government — all its members and the parties that support it — remains that there will be no unilateral actions by Germany,” he said.
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Let us remind you that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, from the very beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has been actively blocking the supply of Leopards tanks and even Marders BMPs to Ukraine, which strong>the manufacturer reconstructed at his own expense for transfer to Kyiv.
In particular, the head of the German Defense Ministry, Christine Lambrecht, once again stated that the country will not supply Leopard tanks to Ukraine, because other states do not.
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