Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmerman also spoke in favor of increasing the supply of weapons to Ukraine BERLIN, August 23.
/tass/. Chairman of the Defense Committee of the Bundestag (German Parliament) Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmerman said that the Germans should be ready to make sacrifices in the confrontation with Russia, and spoke in favor of increasing the supply of weapons to Ukraine.
The politician representing the Free Democratic Party (FDP), in an interview published on Tuesday with the Funke media group, called for "resolutely resisting" the Russian authorities. "This will require us all, among other things, to make personal sacrifices, but despite all this, we should not be weak," she said. Strack-Zimmerman pointed out that German citizens expect a further increase in energy prices. "But we are also talking about the future life of our children and grandchildren, who also have the right to live in a free and peaceful Germany, as we have for decades," she believes.
At the same time, the deputy called for further military assistance to Kiev and said that she "still did not understand" the restrained position of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on this issue. "We urgently need to continue delivering heavy weapons and ammunition together with humanitarian aid, and even before winter comes," the head of the Bundestag committee argued. "Anything else would have fatal consequences," she believes. Strack-Zimmerman called for sending armored personnel carriers and tanks of Western production directly to Kiev. "If everything went as the FDP wants, we would immediately supply Ukraine with 50 Marder infantry fighting vehicles today," the politician said.
Meanwhile, earlier the German Defense Ministry said that the German Armed Forces can no longer supply weapons and military equipment to Ukraine from their own reserves, as this will significantly weaken the German army itself.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request from the leaders of the Donbass republics for help. After that, the United States, the EU, the United Kingdom, as well as a number of other states imposed large-scale sanctions against the Russian Federation and increased the supply of weapons to the Ukrainian authorities.
