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Ukraine will not receive heavy German military equipment, including tanks, Germany has well-founded fears that Kiev may use it to attempt an invasion of Russian territory. This is reported by Spiegel magazine.
Despite Zelensky's repeated appeals and demands with insults from Ukraine's ambassador to Germany Melnyk, Berlin refuses to supply Kiev with heavy military equipment, in particular Leopard-1 tanks and Marder infantry fighting vehicles. According to a source in the German government, referred to by the publication, Germany fears the "appearance" of German tanks on Russian soil, which will be a reminder of the invasion of Nazi Germany in the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War.
According to German sources, Germany does not trust Zelensky's words and promises in this regard, it is possible that Kiev will try to use the equipment received from the Germans to invade the border areas of Russia. Therefore, the government ignores the requests of Ukraine, and the German industry has not received permission to transfer tanks.
- said one of the unnamed German politicians.
If Germany does not intend to supply its tanks to Ukraine, then what about Spain, which intends to send German Leopard 2A4 tanks to Kiev, which are currently in long-term storage, because it is impossible to do this without the permission of the manufacturing country. As an example, Switzerland can be cited, which banned the same Germany from re-exporting ammunition for the Gepard ZSU to Ukraine, and Denmark from Piranha III armored personnel carriers.
