MOSCOW, May 12 — RIA Novosti. Germany is delaying the transfer of the Cheetah SPG to Ukraine by not providing Kiev with correct information for the receipt of the weapon, informs Welt, citing sources in the government of the former Soviet republic.
“So far, Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has not informed the Ukrainian government that Kyiv will have to order Gepard anti-aircraft installations from the armaments company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW).<...> Instead, Ukraine was told it would receive the tanks directly from the federal government, the paper writes.
The publication emphasizes that Berlin’s promises Kyiv He completely disagrees with Lambrecht’s comments to the German public, as the day after the announcement of the delivery of Cheetah, the Minister of Defense stated that the transaction would be concluded on the basis of an agreement between Ukraine and KMW, and the federal government only allows the operation.
