BERLIN: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised Ukraine world-class weapons - from self-propelled howitzers to multiple launch rocket systems and an air defence shield capable of protecting a"large city" from Russian strikes.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had this week ramped up the pressure on the German chancellor, singling Berlin out as a laggard in weapons supply. He argued, however, that there was no point in sending complicated modern weapons without first training Ukrainian troops how to use them. "There is no clear sense of direction," she told AFP, noting the US, Britain and eastern Europe have all identified Vladimir Putin's Russia as the clear enemy and therefore taken the lead in plying Ukraine with arms.
But hours after Scholz mentioned the Iris-T, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock poured cold water on a swift deployment, warning it would take months before the air defence shield reached Ukraine.
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