Washington. January 21. INTERFAX - The German authorities do not allow their NATO ally Estonia to supply Ukraine with those weapons that are of German origin, the Wall Street Journal newspaper reported on Friday, citing representatives of the German and Estonian authorities.
According to the publication, we are talking about artillery - 122-mm howitzers D-30, produced back in the USSR. Previously, they were located in the GDR, and after the unification of Germany, Berlin transferred them to Finland in the 1990s, Finland in turn transferred them to Estonia in 2009.
However, the Wall Street Journal reminds that Berlin, unlike the United States, Britain, Poland and other NATO allies, has so far refused to supply lethal weapons to Ukraine.
In recent weeks, the newspaper notes, Estonia has requested permission from Berlin to send this artillery to Ukraine, which is required by German export legislation.
Thus, the Wall Street Journal summarizes, this situation indicates the difficulties faced by the United States and its European allies in developing a unified response to Russia's military buildup near the borders of Ukraine.
Earlier on Friday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that the German government has no plans to supply lethal weapons to Ukraine.