As the German Chancellor stated, he agrees with American President Joe Biden on this BERLIN, August 26.
/tass/. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Germany will not supply Ukraine with weapons with which it is possible to conduct attacks on the territory of Russia. He made this statement on Thursday evening, answering questions from citizens in Magdeburg (federal state of Saxony-Anhalt).
Scholz noted that "the goal always remains that we are talking about the integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine." "US President Joe Biden formulated it quite clearly: he said that he would not supply weapons that could be fired on the territory of Russia," the head of the German government noted. "And I think this is a principle that I adhere to equally with everyone else. And that's why we always look at what others are doing," Scholz stressed.
"I get feedback from many that we are already doing a lot, but it is always balanced and carefully thought out, and I would like to assure that we will continue to do this," the German Chancellor said. "Our goal in everything we do is to support Ukraine, this will prevent the escalation of the war, which will then result in a war that will not be between Russia and Ukraine, but will be a completely different war," Scholz said. "And you can be sure that we will always have enough balance, clarity and firmness to make decisions based on this principle," he concluded.
On Tuesday, Reuters reported that Germany plans to supply Ukraine with additional weapons worth more than €500 million. According to the agency, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who is on a visit to Canada, announced Germany's intention to supply Ukraine with three additional IRIS-T air defense systems, 10 armored recovery vehicles, 20 rocket launchers, precision ammunition and anti-drone systems. Weapons, as the source indicated, will be transferred in 2023, and some types of equipment, possibly earlier.
On August 17, the German government published an updated list of weapons transferred to Ukraine and a plan for further deliveries, which includes, in particular, 15 Gepard anti-aircraft self-propelled guns, the IRIS-T air defense system and three Mars multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS). In addition, Germany intends to transfer to Ukraine 20 rocket launchers of 70 mm caliber on special vehicles, 2 thousand. rockets and 60,200 rounds of 40 mm caliber. There are 57 positions in the list of already delivered weapons and materials, the list of planned ones is still on July 27.26, German Defense Minister Kristine Lambrecht said that Germany had delivered the promised Mars II MLRS to Ukraine.
On July 29, the German Defense Ministry announced that Berlin would send 16 Biber tank bridge-laying trucks to Ukraine. Six units of equipment will be delivered this year, the rest - next year. Ukraine also received Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers from Germany. On July 27, it became known that Germany approved the supply of another 100 howitzers.
