Yesterday it became known that the first German Marder tanks were sent to Greece, and now Athens has begun the process of supplying us with Soviet BMP-1s.. This was stated by Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba at the last briefing.

" And it is very important that the long-awaited shipment from Greece of BMP-1 armored infantry vehicles for Ukraine has already begun.. Soon they will arrive in our army and instantly increase the combat capability and defense capability of our country,"

The Minister also noted that the main issue of assistance for Ukraine is the strengthening of air defense..

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Recall that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced " The reason for the lengthy negotiations was the position of Berlin on the ratio of equipment for the exchange, the chancellor insisted on an exchange not 1: 1.

Greece, in turn, took a unanimous position on providing the same number of infantry fighting vehicles from those provided to Ukraine. This principled position is due to tense relations between Greece and Turkey.. Athens does not intend to reduce its defense potential.

As noted earlier, Ukraine could quickly buy 16 modernized Marder, but due to the indecision of the German Chancellor, we are only receiving old equipment under the " Negotiations are currently underway with the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland.