>I'm not able to read that, is there an English version.
Sorry (and to everyone else for the long quote). Try it with Chrome browser and it should ask if you want the page translated into whatever your current Locale is set to.
"The Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnik has criticized the statement of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that the country had exhausted the resources to supply the necessary weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
This was reported by DW (Deutsche Welle) with reference to Melnik's interview with the dpa (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) agency.
The diplomat noted that in Ukraine Scholz's statement was met "with great disappointment and bitterness."
On the one hand, Melnik noted, Germany's willingness to allocate additional funding for armaments can only be welcomed. On the other hand, there are still more questions than answers.
"The statement that the Bundeswehr can no longer deliver anything to Ukraine is incomprehensible," Melnyk admitted.
According to him, the German army is armed with over 400 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, of which about 100 are used only for exercises and training, and therefore they could be transferred to Ukraine.
In addition, the ambassador continued, the Bundeswehr has about 800 Fuchs armored personnel carriers, a significant part of which is not used and therefore can be immediately sent to Ukraine.
"The supply of 2000 self-propelled howitzers could also be of decisive importance," Melnik said, adding that the Bundeswehr has about 120 such long-range artillery weapons in service.
On Tuesday evening, Scholz made it clear that Germany would not supply weapons to Ukraine from the warehouses of the Ministry of Defense: "Here we must admit that our capabilities have reached their limit."
Instead, he announced his intention to finance direct arms supplies from German manufacturers. For example, anti-tank weapons, air defense systems, ammunition, as well as what can be used in artillery combat.
There was also a link (no longer there) to another URL which referred to Melnik basically saying "They weren't built to be parked and polished, let us have them".
My other point was that if Ukraine cannot contain the Russkies and begins to fall apart there will be no central Ukrainian Govt. able to take advantage of Germany's generous subsidies to it's arms manufacturers finance offer.
Any idea what the lead time is on a hundred tanks?
The above also ignores what has been mooted elsewhere but has now been raised by the Turkish Foreign Minister although I don't think he means Germany.
"There are countries in NATO that want the war in Ukraine to continue. They see the weakening of Russia in the continuation of the war. They are not much concerned about the situation in Ukraine,"
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