The Ukrainian army urgently needs anti-aircraft systems, self-propelled howitzers and Gepard self-propelled guns. According to Ambassador Aleksey Makeev, Berlin’s slowness is costing dearly – the lives of hundreds of Ukrainian children.
German authorities promised to transfer more weapons and ammunition to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This was expressed by the Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany, Oleksiy Makeev, in an interview with the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag.
“We were assured that there would be more weapons and ammunition in direct negotiations. We will reveal the details when the time comes. I don’t want to put diplomatic pressure on the German government. I want Germany to surrender what it has faster.” . We don’t have time to wait,” Makeev said.
The ambassador named the delivery of IRIS-T air defense systems as an example of Berlin’s successful arms transfer.
“Since March you have understood that this is our main priority. Unfortunately it took Germany months to do this. Now the first air defense system is in Ukraine, it works great and saves many lives,” he said.
Armament from Germany – what are the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine?
According to Makeev, the Ukrainian army urgently needs anti-aircraft systems, self-propelled howitzers, self-propelled Gepard weapons and ammunition. The parties are negotiating on the procurement of Marder infantry fighting vehicles and Leopard tanks.
“The decision on this matter rests with the federal government,” the ambassador said. said.
Journalists of the newspaper asked the diplomat about his position on Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s refusal to supply tanks to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
“I keep the contents of these conversations to myself,” he replied.
According to Alexei Makeev, the situation in Ukraine would have been different if Kiev had received anti-aircraft systems and other weapons before the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation.
“The price we pay right now is very high. We are talking about hundreds of murdered Ukrainian children and women who were raped. There are more victims every day. We expect the German government to act faster and respond to our proposals and demands. I already see that there are positive dynamics,” he said.
Recall that the USA recently agreed to transfer the German Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, the EU can send sufficient numbers of these tanks and up to 100 Marder infantry fighting vehicles.
Germany announced the transfer of 18 RCH-155 wheeled self-propelled gun bearings to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This weapon has a high level of system automation.
Scholz previously said that arms control negotiations with Russia could only be made after the withdrawal of the Russian army from Ukraine.
Source: Focus
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