Head of the Bundestag Defense Committee Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann criticized Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his government for delaying the delivery of heavy weapons to Ukraine. Earlier, Ukrainian Ambassador Andriy Melnyk said that one gets the impression that Scholz does not want to supply heavy weapons to Ukraine..

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She says that the self-propelled howitzers and Gepard anti-aircraft guns promised to Ukraine by Germany are only being prepared for use on the battlefield.. For Gepard, ammunition has not yet been “found” that is no longer produced. The installations themselves have already been decommissioned..

She says that although the search for or restoration of the production of these ammunition is a long process, she nevertheless recalled that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been going on for almost three months.. He says that everything could be fixed in four weeks..

Strack-Zimmermann supported the appointment of a special coordinator for military assistance to Ukraine.

The head of the Bundestag Committee on Defense says that the arms supply is coordinated by Scholz's office, where the chancellor is advised by Inspector General of the German Army Eberhard Zorn.

She called for the Bundeswehr, the Scholz government, the OPK and representatives of Ukraine to sit at the same table, where "

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