Germany: Sends 50 Cheetah anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine

The US government today welcomed its decision Germany to send, for the first time, heavy armament in Ukraine.

«I think it is important that Germany announced that it is going to deliver 50 Cheetah systems“, Said the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin after talks with his counterparts in Rammstein, Germany, calling the motorhomes Gepard anti-aircraft systems with their English name.

The US Secretary of State estimated that the specific anti-aircraft systems will be strengthened significantly Ukraine’s defense, Reuters reports.

«As for what else Germany may do in the future, I will say again that this is a sovereign decision to be made by the German leadership and I do not want to speculate on that.“, Added Austin.

The German armed forces will train Ukrainian troops

“Vladimir Putin’s Russia has left the circle of civilized nations,” said the German Defense Minister. Christine Lambrechtannouncing, at the same time, one training program for Ukrainian soldiers on German soil in artillery systems.

«We work with our American friends to train Ukrainian troops on Ukrainian soil“, She said from the US base in Ramstein, in the context of the same meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of 40 countries, which was convened by Lloyd Austin. The Minister of Defense also announced that Berlin will cooperate with Netherlands in the training of Ukrainians in self-propelled grenades and in the supply of ammunition to Ukraine.

With regard to assistance to Ukraine, “There has been criticism in Germany in recent weeks, but the numbers speak a different language“, Stressed Ms. Lambrecht, when she referred, then, to the delivery of German anti-aircraft tanks Gepard, as broadcast by APE BPE.

«We are watching with horror how brutally and persistently Russia is attacking Ukraine in this war. Vladimir Putin’s Russia has moved away from the circle of civilized nations“, Stressed Christine Lambrecht and expressed her satisfaction for the fact that, as she said,”Today’s meeting in Ramstein sent another very important message of our solidarity with Ukraine».

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Source: News Beast

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