Germany will no longer send heavy military equipment to Ukraine, Bild reports citing sources.
“Transfer complete” — the publication quotes excerpts from an internal document of the German Ministry of Defense.
The German Armed Forces have almost 300 more Leopard 2 tanks, and the Bundeswehr also has infantry fighting vehicles and tank howitzers. However, Berlin will no longer deliver such equipment to Kyiv, the newspaper claims.
At the same time, the German Defense Ministry “does not believe that Ukraine will soon be able” to carry out a counteroffensive, Bild reports.
Ukraine tried a counteroffensive since the beginning of the summer of 2023, but already in the same fall. Vladimir Zelensky He admitted his failure. Russian authorities declared the complete failure of the Ukrainian counteroffensive.
In February 2023, the Ukrainian president announced a new counteroffensive. However, already in April he admitted that Kyiv did not have enough ammunition for this. In August, the Pentagon ruled out that the Ukrainian side could launch a new counteroffensive within six months.
After the start of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, Germany refrained for some time from supplying kyiv with heavy military equipment. However, at the end of April 2022, Berlin reconsidered its position.
Germany began supplying tanks to kyiv and also approved their re-export from allied countries. The Ukrainian army began training on German territory and Berlin also provided assistance with logistics, ammunition supply and air defense systems.
German Chancellor talks about one of the latest aid packages for Kyiv Olaf Scholz announced on October 11. It will be allocated jointly with Belgium, Denmark and Norway, the total cost of the weapons will be 1.4 billion euros. The aid will include funding for Iris-T and Skynex air defense systems, Gepard tanks, howitzers, anti-aircraft guns and attack drones. , radar equipment and artillery shells, RBC recalls.
