Germany refuses to supply infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine

BERLIN, 04 April 2022, (TON): The Welt publication, citing sources and a letter from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, writes that Germany refused to supply Kiev with 100 Marder-type infantry fighting vehicles in response to a request from Kiev received last week.

According to the publication “last Wednesday Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov sent a letter to the German Ministry of Defense asking for 100 Marder-type infantry fighting vehicles and other heavy weapons.”

Sources in Kiev told “the publication that German Defense Minister Christina Lambrecht rejected this request in a telephone conversation with Reznikov.”

The ministry said “the defense department of Germany confirmed the publication of the request.”

“All of our Marder infantry fighting vehicles are bound by obligations within NATO , the issue of their withdrawal from positions in this case would have to be decided within NATO.”

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