>Reports suggest the Ukrainians are running out of soviet ammunition,..
No worries. They've got Chancellor Scholz to help them out.
A few days ago he told a press conference that Germany has provided more military support to Ukraine than anyone else except the US and they're sending their most advanced kit to Ukraine and providing training.
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/06/07/giving-ukraine-military-aid-britain-says-germany/
Curiously he didn't mention that one of his ministers has said that it's unlikely they will get delivered before Oct/Nov and they won't be sending ammunition. 'Oh and by the way, we also have a software problem so the kit currently has problems with other NATO supplied ammo.'
In the meantime they'll send some old Gepard AA guns.
The Greeks are less than enthusiastic about his dithering as well.
To get out of giving Ukraine the de-commissioned Marder Infantry vehicles they begged for he's told Athens that he'll let them have the old Marders instead, if they send Ukraine all their 50-year-old Soviet BMP-1s. He hasn't yet invited Greece to choose which ones haven't been cannibalized and they've said it'll take months to get them serviceable and swapped out to the islands where the BMPs are.
The previous Greek Defence Minister said "This is a circus. A mockery of both Ukraine and Greece."
www.bild.de/politik/ausland/politik-ausland/ukraine-krieg-griechen-zerlegen-scholz-waffen-ringtausch-80318168.bild.html
Ukraine has responded by saying "We haven't even seen the 5000 helmets you promised us in January yet" and the other Baltic States have told him that his 'dialogue' with Putin is just time-wasting.
Interestingly, German imports from Russia increased by 6Bn€ Jan to April so the sanctions are working well too.
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