Germany promised to provide Greece with 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, so that Greece, in turn, would transfer older equipment to Ukraine as part of the “ring exchange”. This is reported by the publication BILD..

According to the publication, Berlin undertook to deliver the same number of Marder armored personnel carriers to Ukraine by the end of March.. At the same time, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht recently categorically ruled out the transfer of infantry fighting vehicles from the reserves of the Bundeswehr, referring to the fact that Germany itself needs them..

It is reported that according to the contract, the Rheinmetall arms concern should send the Marder infantry fighting vehicle to Greece, and not to Ukraine. Therefore, the question arises whether Germany will be able to organize the supply of cars to two countries at once..

At the same time, the Greeks said they were ready to wait with the supply of German infantry fighting vehicles if Berlin plans to send them to Kyiv first..

As Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos explained, as part of the "

Athens may abandon German infantry fighting vehicles in favor of Ukraine, since since the beginning of the war, Greece has taken a "

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Recall that earlier, the Ambassador of Ukraine in Germany, Oleksiy Makeev, said that the Marder BMP, which Germany will provide to Ukraine, can become the starting point for the supply of Leopard tanks.. According to him, the German industry, which provides Kyiv with military equipment, "