The German Bundestag on Thursday voted on a joint motion by the Union and the ruling traffic light parties to hand over heavy weapons to Ukraine.
With a large majority of 586 votes, the deputies called on the federal government to “continue and, wherever possible, accelerate the delivery of necessary equipment to Ukraine and also expand the delivery to include heavy weapons and complex systems, for example, as part of the ring exchange”.
support for sanctions
Germany’s ability to defend the alliance must not be undermined. 100 deputies voted no, 7 abstained. The federal government has also received explicit support for all the measures taken so far, including sanctions against Russia, assistance with war crimes investigations and restructuring Germany’s infrastructure to no longer rely on Russian energy supplies.
“The German Bundestag condemns in the strongest possible terms Russia’s brutal war of aggression against Ukraine. In doing so, Russia is blatantly violating international and humanitarian law and is seeking to permanently destroy the European peace order,” the statement said. motion.