Tanks, missiles, ammunition
This is on Berlin’s new arms list for Ukraine
05/13/2023 09:44 am
For a long time, Germany has been reluctant to deliver arms to Ukraine: According to a media report, however, the new arms package is full of modern defense systems, battle tanks and armored personnel carriers. The value of the supplies is in the billions.
According to a report, the federal government has put together another weapons package for military support to Ukraine. As the “Spiegel” reports, the departments involved and the chancellor’s office have agreed in confidential negotiations over the past few days that Ukraine should receive additional weapons worth around 2.7 billion euros from Germany in the coming weeks and months.
According to the report, the list includes another 20 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, 30 Leopard 1 tanks, 15 Gepard anti-aircraft tanks, 200 reconnaissance drones, four additional IRIS-T anti-aircraft systems including ammunition, additional artillery ammunition and more than 200 armored combat and combat vehicles logistics vehicles. It is therefore the largest package of weapons that Germany has provided to strengthen the Ukrainian armed forces since the beginning of the war in February 2022.
Selenskyj could come to Germany
According to the report, the package is to be announced as a symbol of German solidarity with Ukraine parallel to the presentation of the Aachen Charlemagne Prize to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday. Selenskyj may come to Germany himself for the award ceremony.
According to the “Spiegel” report, the federal government is once again focusing on strengthening Ukraine’s air defense system with the new delivery of weapons. The federal government is therefore planning to hand over four more IRIS-T-SLM air defense systems and twelve IRIS-T-SLS launchers, along with hundreds of guided missiles for the system.