Germany is planning to send weapons to Ukraine without American support
| Germany, which ranks second after the United States in sending weapons to Ukraine, has announced that it is preparing a huge package of weapons for this country without the support of the United States. |
According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” newspaper, Germany without the United States of America is preparing massive weapons for Ukraine. Equip enough for large units. The focus is on Leopard 1 main battle tanks and Marder infantry fighting vehicles.
Germany is the second largest exporter of arms to Ukraine after the United States. , but it is much ahead of other NATO members.
According to ZDF “Journal heute”, the Federal Republic of Germany has so far provided weapons worth 17.13 billion euros to the armed forces of Ukraine (from January 31) has delivered. The Americans also provided weapons and other equipment worth 43.86 billion euros to this country. The UK is in third place with an investment of €6.57 billion.
Italy (€0.69 billion) and France (€0.54 billion) are far behind when it comes to supporting Ukraine. are Germany, which is why German chancellor Olaf Schultz recently publicly criticized even NATO partners and the European Union in this regard. While US military aid is currently blocked by Donald Trump’s Republicans in Congress, Germany is working on the next big arms package for Ukraine.
As can be seen from the list of military support services provided by the German federal government (as of February 4), work is currently underway to deliver 105 Leopard 1A5 main battle tanks and 30 Marder infantry fighting vehicles.
Germany has already provided Ukraine with 30 Leopard 1, 90 Marder and 18 Leopard 2A6 tanks from spring 2023. However, most of them are currently in a repair shop in Lithuania. On the other hand, the promised Leopard 1 tanks from old industrial and military stocks are being completely overhauled by the German arms company Rheinmetall.
According to Webb According to the federal government’s website, Germany also plans to deliver 15 more Gepard anti-aircraft tanks (so far 52 tanks) as well as 9 IRIS-T SLM air defense systems intended to protect Ukrainian cities from Russian missile attacks. The country will provide.
The American magazine Forbes reported that the Ukrainians will form a closed tank brigade consisting of “Leos 1” and the German Marder, the delivery of the tanks shows The German federal government has also recently announced that it wants to support Ukraine with military helicopters for the first time.
The German Ministry of Defense recently announced in Berlin that Boris Pistorius, the German Minister of Defense, promised the country 6 Sea King Mk41 multipurpose helicopters, packages of accessories and spare parts. and has also given training for them. The countries that support Ukraine have already met for consultations in the so-called Ramstein format.
Germany regularly asks its partners for more cooperation in the continuation of military support for Ukraine.
“Olaf Schultz”, the Federal Chancellor of Germany, recently said in a speech about this: “Berlin’s partners in the European Union should more actively support Ukraine militarily, because the volume of promises What is currently not enough, and Germany alone is not able to provide all the necessary assistance to Kiev.
“Vladimir Zelensky”, the president of Ukraine, reminded in late December. that Germany is the second country in the world in terms of the amount of military aid to this country.
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