The German government will provide Ukraine with another 1,700 units of the Strela anti-aircraft missile system. Weapons must be delivered immediately.
BILD reports..
According to the publication, the German Federal Security Council agreed on this at a secret meeting..
Germany has previously stated that it will provide Ukraine with 2,700 Strela systems, while 500 have already been transferred to Kiev.. Another 500 and the remaining 1,700 complexes should be sent on the road without delay, the message says..
The Chancellery and the German Ministry of Defense accuse each other of blocking the supply of weapons!
Defense Ministry circles insist that a draft decision on Strela 2000 systems had already been submitted to the Federal Security Council in early March, where it was blocked by Chancellor Olaf Scholz..