Germany plans to send seven 2000 tank howitzers to Ukraine, German news outlet Welts Reported May 3rd. The German government decided to send his Panzerhaubitz 2000 to Ukraine from stocks of the Bundeswehr. The Dutch had already pledged five howitzers to Kyiv. All weapons systems training for the Ukrainian Armed Forces will take place in Germany, according to news outlets.
The decision by the Chancellor’s Office and the Ministry of Defense appears to have been made against the recommendations of senior Bundeswehr officers. Welts report. Adopting advanced digital fire control systems for Ukrainian weapons has also been questioned. One of its political maxims does not preclude the possibility of establishing a partnership between the Bundeswehr and military shipments to Ukraine, but the administration has ignored these concerns. The Panzerhaubitzen 2000 is a heavy artillery gun with a range of 40 kilometers.
According to Ukrainian government sources, by April 21, 2,500 anti-aircraft missiles, 900 rocket-propelled grenades with 3,000 rounds of ammunition, 100 machine guns and 15 rockets with 50 rockets had been deployed. Anti-tank grenades arrived in Ukraine. Also, he has 100,000 grenades, 2,000 mines, 5,300 explosives, and over 16 million rounds of ammunition for weapons ranging from assault rifles to heavy machine guns. The German Federal Government recently approved the first direct transfer of heavy weapons, including 50 Gepard anti-aircraft tanks.
Russian-Ukrainian War
A day after the initial evacuation of civilians, the Mariupol steelworks, the last stronghold of the city’s resistance, came under attack again. In bombed-out Mariupol, more than 100 people, including an elderly woman and a mother with small children, fled the rubble-strewn Azovstal Steel Works on Sunday by bus or truck, according to footage released by both authorities and Russia and Ukraine. He fled in an ambulance and headed for a Ukrainian-controlled city. About 140 miles (230 km) northwest of Zaporizhia.
Ukraine accuses Russian forces of kidnapping civilians and transferring them against their will to Russia or Russian-controlled areas. However, this claim has been denied by the Kremlin. According to the Ukrainian Azov Battalion, which helps defend the factory, Russian shelling of the huge facility by air, tanks and ships resumed after a partial evacuation.
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