The West also wants to supply Ukraine with heavy weapons to fight invading Russian troops. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) is cautious.
The United States and Britain announced the delivery of additional artillery pieces on Tuesday. The Netherlands and Belgium will also send heavy weapons. Germany was still cautious. After a videoconference with Western heads of state and government, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that there would be close coordination in the delivery of military material.
“This will be an artillery conflict,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson told lawmakers in London. Your country is also looking into the possibility of sending missiles to attack ships. Among other things, it will look into whether the “Brimstone” rockets can be mounted on vehicles, Johnson explained. Other options would also be explored. Missiles are usually fired from fighter jets. According to the manufacturer MBDA, they can be used against both land and sea targets.
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Ukraine claims to have so severely damaged the Russian missile cruiser Moskva that it later sank. Russia, on the other hand, speaks of a fire on board. The loss of the battleship is considered one of the most serious setbacks for the government in Moscow since the invasion began.
Scholz emphasized that he would finance direct arms deliveries from German industry, but avoided making specific statements on the subject of heavy weapons. “We asked the German arms industry to tell us what material they can supply in the near future,” Scholz said in Berlin. “Ukraine has now adopted a selection from that list and we are providing them with the money to buy it.” As before, these include anti-tank weapons, anti-aircraft equipment, ammunition “and also anything that can be used in an artillery battle”.