Ukraine asks Germany to provide submarines

Speaking before the meeting with the Minister of Defense Virtue Christine Lambrecht, the head of Ukraine’s parliament, stressed that “supplying Ukraine with the most modern equipment” and making a quick decision on this issue will bring “common victory” closer.

Stefanchuk expressed hope that the IRIS-T surface-to-air missile systems will be delivered quickly to Ukraine.

“I do not rule out receiving submarines from Germany, because we are ready to become the eastern defensive border for the whole of Europe,” he said.

Ms Lambrecht stated that Germany “will continue to do everything to support Ukraine, not only at this time but also in the long run”.

Summarizing the results of his visit to Germany in an interview with Welt TV, Mr. Stefanchuk reiterated, above all, Kiev needs to weapon modern. “We can also fight with old weapons from old stockpiles, but new weapons are more effective,” he said.

Parliament speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk added that Ukraine expects Germany to provide Marder armored vehicles and Leopard tanks, which Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba described last month as Kiev’s “dream”.

Russia’s military campaign into Ukraine led Germany to abandon its policy against transporting weapons into conflict zones and then reverse its stance of not supplying lethal weapons to Kiev.

In another development, on June 3, Switzerland ruled that the shipment of weapons with Swiss-made components to Ukraine does not violate the country’s centuries-old neutrality if certain conditions are met.

“The transfer of war materials in the form of assemblies or spare parts to European arms companies will still be possible, even if the manufactured war material is likely to be sent to Europe. Ukraine” – the Swiss government said.

Officials further clarified that re-exports of weapons are allowed if the share of Swiss-made components in the final product is below a certain threshold, such as 50%, for countries such as Italy and Germany. .

However, the re-export of weapons and ammunition purely Swiss-made would still violate the country’s neutrality. Europe this. Switzerland recently refused Denmark’s request to supply Ukraine with 22 Swiss-made Piranha III armored fighting vehicles, as well as Berlin’s request to supply Kiev with 12,400 Swiss-made rounds of ammunition. used in the Gepard anti-aircraft tank.