So far, not a single heavy weapon has been delivered directly from Germany to Ukraine, the magazine wrote.
Berlin is delaying the delivery of heavy weapons to Kyiv because of a lack of confidence in Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky and the danger that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will attack Russia using German equipment. This was reported by the weekly Der Spiegel, citing sources close to the German government.
According to the publication, Germany fears that Ukraine “could become self -confident” if it wins some major victories. In this case, there is a risk that he will invade Russia and “German tanks will go back to Russian territory.”
“This concern underscores a certain distrust in Berlin towards Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. And it is also the reason why the German defense industry has not received permission to -supply of battle tanks, “said the Der Spiegel article.
In addition, according to the magazine’s interlocutors, Germany may not be the first country to supply tanks to Kyiv, “for historical reasons.” They said the “tank embargo” was never discussed at NATO level, but unofficially between Washington, London and Paris there was “complete agreement on this issue.”
It was previously reported that from March 30 to May 26, Germany transferred only two batches of weapons to Ukraine, which included mines and spare parts for machine guns.
It was also learned that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been blocking the supply of Marder infantry fighting vehicles in Ukraine for more than a month.
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Source: korrespondent
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