German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited Ukraine yesterday for the first time since the beginning of the special operation, Spiegel reports. Earlier, his visit was canceled due security reasons.
As a result of the visit, Kiev enlisted the support of the German leader, and will soon receive a new batch of weapons, including Mars MLRS and Panzerhaubitze 2000 howitzers.
“I have just promised the President that the next Mars II systems and four additional Panzerhaubitze 2000 howitzers will bedelivered to Ukraine in the coming days,” the German leader said on the air of the n-tv channel.
Earlier, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published a report, according to which Berlin has already supplied Kiev with military goods worth €686 million. There are no offensive weapons in the supply.