Now the priority is to strengthen the air defense of Ukraine, and the supply of tanks is secondary, said the head of the German Foreign Ministry.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock currently considers Ukraine’s air support in the war with Russia as decisive. He said this in an interview with the Phoenix TV channel.
“At the beginning of the week, we saw how important air defense is. Fortunately, half of the missile attacks on Kyiv were intercepted, including thanks to our weapons supplies,” Burbock explained in his position.
He added that “there will be additional support, especially in the field of air defense.”
At the same time, Burbock believes that the supply of tanks to Ukraine is secondary in the current situation.
“If we talk about the tanks you mentioned, they are already given by other countries as part of the” ring “exchange scheme. In addition, thanks to the advance in the east, the Ukrainian troops got a large number of Russian tanks. . Therefore, the issue of tanks is now not as acute as the issue of air defense “said Burbock.
Earlier, Ukrainian diplomat Andriy Melnyk proposed to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to create a “European tank alliance”.
It will be remembered that representatives of the Soyuz-90 / Greens party, which is part of the ruling coalition in Germany, emphasized the need to increase arms supplies to Ukraine.
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Source: korrespondent
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