The Federal Security Council must decide whether Germany is ready to supply heavy weapons directly to Ukraine.
German defense concern Rheinmetall has applied to the Federal Security Council for permission to export to Ukraine 100 Marder infantry fighting vehicles , reports DW .
It is noted that this request for the direct supply of heavy weapons from Germany to Ukraine was the first since the beginning of the war.
The concern's subsidiary – Rheinmetall Landsysteme – is ready to supply Kyiv with its products in the coming weeks.
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< span style = "font-weight: 400;">Earlier, Deputy Inspector General of the Bundeswehr Marcus Laubenthal rejected the possibility of supplying heavy weapons to Kiev. According to him, Germany needs the German BMP Marder, in particular, to fulfill various obligations within NATO.
At the same time, the head of the German government Olaf Scholz believes that it is better to supply Ukraine with Soviet-style weapons than Western ones, so as not to waste time on retraining during the war. A few days ago Scholz personally halved the list of weapons for Ukraine and for that he may be threatened with resignation. not only Ukrainian, but also all European sovereignty, “the Polish government stressed. The occupiers are shelling the border settlements in Sumy region There is no information about the victims. The occupiers launched a missile strike on the Dnipropetrovsk region, damaged a gas pipe There were no people in the place where the missile hit. At least five people were killed in the bombing of Odessa – President's Office Another 18 people were injured. Everything related to Ukraine's independence – Mediazone – has been removed from school textbooks in Russia “Our task is to make Ukraine simply not exist”.
