The transfer of heavy weapons to Ukraine as part of the circular deliveries planned by Germany and Slovakia over the past two months is being delayed due to the lack of an agreement between Berlin and Bratislava, Business Insider reports..
According to him, Slovakia was preparing to transfer 30 Soviet-made T-72 tanks to Kyiv and receive more modern tanks from Germany in return.. But last week, Bratislava refused round-robin deliveries after Berlin offered it 15 Leopard-2A4 tanks as compensation..
According to the Slovak authorities, this is not enough to defend the country.
At the end of April, the German Bundestag overwhelmingly supported the supply of heavy weapons to Ukraine.. The decision of the deputies, adopted by 586 votes, calls on the German government "
To do this, Germany promised to compensate for the supply of Soviet-made heavy equipment from the stocks of Eastern European countries, with which the Ukrainian military is well acquainted..