Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with a German publication: Der SpiegelHe said that he had to do a lot to supply the Ukrainian army with German weapons.
According to the Ukrainian leader, when he spoke to Scholz, he said: “Listen Olaf, I know Germany no longer has missiles, intelligence is working for us too. I know you gave us everything you have.”
Zelensky noted that the chancellor did not know how he did this, but Scholz “managed to speed up production” of the missiles. The newspaper writes that, according to Zelensky, it would be cheapest to give “everything” to Ukraine.
Last June, Scholz declarationThat Germany is ready to supply Ukraine with modern IRIS-T air defense systems, but the Bundeswehr does not have extra systems, and the production of new ones will take several months.
It was learned that Germany was in October. delivery Ukraine’s first air defense system IRIS-T SLM.
According to the German Federal Government, the IRIS-T SLM is the most modern air defense system in Germany.