Package of 29 older tanks could be sent to help fight Russia as soon as refurbishments done, reports say
Germany is also understood to be in the process of preparing a joint weapons package with Sweden in which Stockholm would provide air defence missiles and launching platforms for Germany’s Iris-T systems.
Robert Habeck, the German deputy chancellor and economic minister, discussed this joint package in a meeting with the Swedish minister for foreign trade, Johan Forssell, during a state visit on Thursday, one government official said. Stockholm has in the past rejected passing on launcher platforms to Kyiv. A spokesperson for the new Swedish centre-right government, which has been in power since October last year, told Der Spiegel that it was still in talks over how many Leopard 2 tanks it could deliver, but would not confirm negotiations concerning other systems.
Sweden’s application to join Nato, submitted in the wake of Russia’s invasion, is still pending amid threats of a veto from the alliance member Turkey. Germany delivered one of the hi-tech air-defence Iris-T systems, which are developed by the German arms manufacturer Diehl, to Ukraine in October, and has authorised the delivery of a further three systems.
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