Neither Germany nor any other European country will have ground forces in Ukraine. According to the newspaper’s report, this was expressed by Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, chairman of the Bundestag Defense Committee. bill.
“There will be no ground forces in Ukraine. “Not a single German or European soldier will set foot on Ukrainian soil,” he said.
According to Struck-Zimmerman, Kiev will not buy Tornado fighters and Eurofighter either, “because the Ukrainian pilots are not learning fast enough.” At the same time, he noted that all MiG fighters stationed in Europe should “immediately” be sent to Ukraine.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declarationThat Kiev continues to need military assistance and that Western countries will continue to provide it, but there is no mention of new types of weapons yet. He emphasized that at the moment Ukraine mainly needs anti-missile defense systems, tanks and ammunition.
13 April German government allowed Poland, the transfer of MiG-29 fighters to Kiev, which Germany received after the unification of the Federal Republic of Germany with the GDR.
Previously, The Guardian cited Pentagon sources and leaks. reportedNATO special forces in the amount of about 100 military personnel participated in the conflict in Ukraine, half of them British. It was recorded that the USA and France sent only 14 and 15 soldiers to Ukraine.