Against the background of news about the successful counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region, the German Bundestag called on the German government to immediately support Ukraine and provide more weapons, including Marder infantry fighting vehicles and Leopard 2 tanks. DW reports..

The head of the defense committee, Marie-Agynes Strack-Zimmermann of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), told the German news agency dpa that Germany has an obligation to help preserve democracy..

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The head of the foreign affairs committee, Michael Roth of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz, said the West as a whole must do everything possible to help Ukraine achieve victory..

“In this new phase of the war, Ukraine needs a weapon that will allow it to liberate the territories occupied by Russia and keep them under its control at all times,” Roth told the Funke media group.. “The West, in particular the US, Germany, France and Poland, must quickly coordinate their actions and adapt their supplies to the new situation.”.

Michael Roth emphasized that it looks more and more realistic "

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Recall that the topic of providing the Armed Forces of German Leopard tanks has been repeatedly discussed..

At this stage of the war, Germany supports the transfer of Soviet tanks to Ukraine, but still does not plan to provide its own. This was stated by German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock during a joint press conference with Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba. At the same time, they promise something else - Germany will support the Armed Forces of Ukraine with “winter packages”, such as generators, tents and winter equipment, and will soon send the second batch of the promised Gepard installations and Biber-type bridge laying tanks.