Germany does not want to supply Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine because of a “historical sense of guilt” towards Russia. According to the newspaper’s report, this view was expressed by the former UN Deputy Secretary General, Soviet and Russian diplomat Sergei Ordzhonikidze. “News”.
“It seems that when German tanks killed the Russian people, the Germans still had a historical sense of guilt towards our people. Probably their conscience has not completely disappeared.”
Ordzhonikidze is also convinced that the people of Germany are “against German tanks killing Russian citizens.”
He added that it is also important that the German Parliament opposes the tank delivery. “The government may of course disregard the opinion of parliament, but that would be contrary to the opinion of the people’s elected MPs,” said the former UN Deputy Secretary-General.
However, he did not rule out that regardless of Berlin’s position, Warsaw could hand over the Leopard tanks to Ukraine.
It was known before that the USA and its allies. defective To persuade Germany to allow the supply of German-made Leopard tanks to Ukraine. This was the main topic on the agenda of the eighth meeting of the contact group on Ukrainian defense issues at the Ramstein base in Germany.
Boris Pistorius, new head of the Bundeswehr declarationthat the coalition did not agree on the supply of Leopard tanks to Kiev. He also denied accusations against Germany for allegedly preventing other countries from transporting tanks to Ukraine.
Source: Gazeta
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