Germany has agreed to deliver anti-aircraft tanks to Ukraine, the German Defense Ministry announced on Tuesday, a move that underscores a major shift in its approach to providing military help to Ukraine.
Highlights
- Germany has agreed to deliver anti-aircraft tanks to Ukraine, the German Defense Ministry announced on Tuesday.
- The move underscores a major shift in Germany’s approach to providing military help to Ukraine.
- Germany initially resisted calls to provide weaponry to Kyiv, agreeing only to provide humanitarian help and medical equipment.
- The Gepard systems were phased out from active duty in Germany in 2010, the ministry said Tuesday.
- This is the first time Germany has given this type of heavy weaponry to Ukraine as it fights off the Russian invasion.
- READ: Germany agrees to deliver the tanks to the country, but has declined to provide lethal weapons to crisis zone nations in the past.