Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Germany is looking into what additional maintenance and ammunition its stock of ageing Marder armoured infantry combat vehicles would require to be ready for deployment by the Ukrainian military.
Baerbock addressed the increasing chorus of criticism of Germany’s apparent hesitancy in supplying the armaments Kyiv claims it needs to defend itself against Russian strikes on the second day of a tour to the Baltic republics.
“In terms of armoured vehicles and other armament that Ukraine need, there are no taboos for us,” she stated.
Berlin’s first goal, she added, was to guarantee that Ukraine swiftly received older Soviet-designed kits that its military could use without additional training, and that it would backfill the inventories of allies who had such armament on hand, replacing it with more contemporary German-made equipment.
