A “Marder” infantry fighting vehicle during a Bundeswehr exercise (archive photo) Photo: picture alliance/dpa
From BZ/Reuters
Germany is supplying Ukraine with Marder tanks and a Patriot missile defense system.
The US will also supply the government in Kyiv with light Bradley armored personnel carriers and, as planned, Patriot systems. Chancellor Olaf Scholz and US President Joe Biden agreed on this in a telephone call on Thursday evening.
Both governments also want to take care of the training of Ukrainian soldiers on the respective weapon systems. The German-American agreement is the result of votes that have been ongoing between the two governments since December 10th.
On Wednesday, France announced that it intended to deliver AMX-10 RC reconnaissance tanks to Ukraine. Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck said at noon that a decision would be made “imminently”.