The chair of the Defense Committee recently ruled out such deliveries. The FDP politician is now demanding a clear definition of which weapon systems would be involved.
The chair of the defense committee, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, wants to consider supplying Ukraine with weapons for self-defense. “We should think about supplying defensive weapons to Ukraine,” said the FDP politician image. But these must be precisely defined.
Not long ago, Strack-Zimmermann said: “In the traffic light coalition agreement, we ruled out delivering weapons to crisis areas. Ukraine is one of them.”
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) reiterated his rejection of arms deliveries to Ukraine on Tuesday. “The German federal government has been pursuing a similar strategy on this issue for many years. And that includes not exporting lethal weapons,” he said. “That hasn’t changed with the change of government that took place in December last year.”
The CDU politician Henning Otte said image: “If Ukraine asks for defensive weapons in order to be able to ward off a possible Russian attack, we must not refuse this request.” Hiding behind a “restrictive armaments policy from the coalition agreement” is not a responsible policy. Otte made it clear that the delivery of anti-aircraft missiles is also an option for him.
Ukraine has been demanding arms deliveries from Germany for years in order to be able to defend itself against a possible Russian attack – so far without success. Great Britain announced on Monday that it would supply the former Soviet republic with light anti-tank weapons. Other NATO countries also supply the country.