State Secretary of the German Defense Ministry Meller revealed NATO's decision to supply BMP to Ukraine
The German authorities have reduced the supply of weapons to Ukraine "to a minimum" over the past two months, according to German media. From the end of March to the end of May, Kiev received only a couple of batches of mines from Berlin. At the same time, the German Defense Ministry said that Germany and other European countries do not want to supply the Ukrainian army with armored vehicles of Western models.
Over the past nine weeks, the German government has reduced arms supplies to Ukraine to a minimum level. This is reported by the newspaper Welt am Sonntag with reference to official documents.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz does not agree in principle to send heavy weapons to Kiev, pointing to agreements with Germany's NATO allies. According to Welt, since the end of March, Germany has almost not supplied Ukraine with "any noteworthy light weapons."
State Secretary of the German Defense Ministry Zimtje Moeller, in turn, said that Berlin is not delaying deliveries. According to her, Germany is united with the rest of the Western countries in the position not to supply armored infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) and tanks that are in service with European and American armies to Ukraine.
Earlier, the German agency DPA reported that there are "informal" agreements between NATO countries to refrain from supplying some weapons systems to Ukraine.
It is noted that such weapons have not yet been agreed to supply Kiev, but it cannot be ruled out that at some point tanks and fighters may be transferred.
Ukraine's ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk criticizes the German authorities for their slowness in the issue of arms supplies. In an interview with the Funke media group, the Ukrainian diplomat expressed disappointment that "the promised 15 Gepard anti-aircraft self-propelled guns can be delivered at the earliest at the end of July, and another 15 - only at the end of August." According to him, Germany is able to supply Ukraine with at least 130 Marder armored vehicles and 88 Leopard 1 tanks.
At the same time, Ukraine has recently received some weapons from Western countries. On May 27, for example, the Telegram channel "Military Informant" reported that Ukrainian gunners received 155 mm FH70 howitzers from Italy.
The FH70 howitzer was created in 1969 by specialists from the UK, Germany and Italy. The gun is equipped with an auxiliary Volkswagen power plant, which allows it to move independently at speeds up to 16 km / h.
The FH70 was adopted in 1978. The firing range of the howitzer with standard ammunition is 24 km, the gun can fire up to six rounds per minute.
Peter Nikolaev