>German defence company Rheinmetall (RHMG.DE) has requested approval to export 100 old Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine, a defence source told Reuters on Monday, in what would be the first heavy weapons shipment from Germany to Ukraine.
>Rheinmetall’s move is set to force Chancellor Olaf Scholz to take a clear position on whether heavy weapons can be sent directly from Germany to Ukraine because the Marder deal requires approval from the national security council, which is chaired by Scholz.
Private sector, with more balls than the German government.
Edit: They have balls to push for the decision from the security council, which will give more to Ukraine then those Marders.
Great step! Hope this goes through.
So do they actually *have* the weapons they want to sell this time, or are they once again making the assumption that these will be sent from other stocks which Rheinmetall then replenishes *months* down the line?
Because last time they talked about this, it was the latter.
They’ve wanted to do this for weeks and have been impeded several times by Sholtz, reporting on these announcements like they are new developments is rather dubious, especially considering the broader context of Scholz’s appalling record on Ukraine.
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>German defence company Rheinmetall (RHMG.DE) has requested approval to export 100 old Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine, a defence source told Reuters on Monday, in what would be the first heavy weapons shipment from Germany to Ukraine.
>Rheinmetall’s move is set to force Chancellor Olaf Scholz to take a clear position on whether heavy weapons can be sent directly from Germany to Ukraine because the Marder deal requires approval from the national security council, which is chaired by Scholz.
Private sector, with more balls than the German government.
Edit: They have balls to push for the decision from the security council, which will give more to Ukraine then those Marders.
Great step! Hope this goes through.
So do they actually *have* the weapons they want to sell this time, or are they once again making the assumption that these will be sent from other stocks which Rheinmetall then replenishes *months* down the line?
Because last time they talked about this, it was the latter.
They’ve wanted to do this for weeks and have been impeded several times by Sholtz, reporting on these announcements like they are new developments is rather dubious, especially considering the broader context of Scholz’s appalling record on Ukraine.
“source says”
fucking lol