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Germany does not comply with the agreement on the supply of tanks to Eastern Europe to replace those transferred to Ukraine
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Berlin admitted that despite long negotiations with Poland, Slovenia, Greece and the Czech Republic, it has not signed a contract with any of these countries.
The Financial Times newspaper writes about the sad results of the agreement between Germany and the allies on the supply of weapons to Ukraine. It provided that the countries of Eastern Europe would send military equipment of Soviet models to Ukraine, and in return Germany would supply them with Western-made kits from its own stocks.
However, the agreement, which was supposed to demonstrate European solidarity, has become the subject of contention, the newspaper writes. Germany admitted this week that despite lengthy negotiations with Poland, Slovenia, Greece and the Czech Republic, it has not signed a contract with any of these countries.
At the same time, Warsaw, for example, delivered 240 Soviet T-72 tanks to Ukraine and expected that Berlin would compensate them with Leopard tanks. However, Germany offered only 20 pieces. Poland turned to the United States and South Korea for the supply of an alternative complex. “The deal with Warsaw is effectively dead,” the FT quoted a German official as saying.
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Berlin does not agree that it is failing Ukraine and its allies. Officials recall that this week Kyiv confirmed deliveries from Germany of the first three of 15 Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, as well as three Mars II multiple rocket launchers and three PzH self-propelled armored howitzers, in addition to the seven delivered in June.
In addition, Berlin gave the green light to the PzH 2000 manufacturer to supply Kyiv with another 100 systems for a total of 1.7 billion euros. At the same time, according to Der Spiegel, transmitted PzH 2000 started to fail after a month of use.
Despite criticism of the opposition and accusations from foreign politicians, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s administration is optimistic. “We are working closely with our partners on a number of transfer deals; negotiations are very constructive and some of them have gone quite far,” Scholz’s representatives said.
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