The United States announced this Thursday that it will send armored cars to Ukraine for the first time, specifically bradley infantry fighting vehicleslike Germany, which will send others of its own manufacture.
This was announced by the White House in a statement in which it reported a telephone conversation between US President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to “share views on the ongoing war of Russian aggression against Ukraine“.
According to the note, Biden and Sholz expressed their determination to “continue to provide the necessary financial, humanitarian, military and diplomatic support to Ukraine for as long as it needs it.”
In that sense, the United States will supply kyiv with Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, while Germany intends to send Marder-type armored cars, the White House said. “Both countries plan train Ukrainian forces on their respective systems“, indicated the text.
In the case of Germany, the Scholz government plans to send Marder-type armored cars, the weekly ‘Der Spiegel’ reported on Thursday. The first will be supplied in the first quarter of this year, after the German Army has trained Ukrainian soldiers in its managementadded said outlet, citing government sources.
On Tuesday, the French president, Emmanuel Macronhe confirmed to his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodímir Zelenskithat your country will send light battle tanks to Ukrainethe first Western-made ones sent to that nation, as confirmed by Elysee sources.
The shipment of armored cars by the Western Allies to Ukraine opens a new stage in the supply of military equipment to kyiv and it occurs weeks after the Government of Washington announced that it will send Patriot anti-aircraft batteries to the European country, the most sophisticated air defense system in the US.