The German Ministry of Defense, in a significant reversal, announced Tuesday that it would send Gepard anti-aircraft tanks to Ukraine, after Chancellor Olaf Scholz voiced strong opposition to the move.
The decision to send the anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine, which has been fighting a war against Russia for the past two months, was announced by Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht during a meeting at the Ramstein U.S. Air Force Base in Germany.
“We decided yesterday that we will support Ukraine with anti-aircraft systems … which is exactly what Ukraine needs now to secure the airspace from the ground,” Lambrecht said during a public meeting at the base on Tuesday.
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