ZSU Gepard. File photoMOSCOW, Apr 29Berlin's decision to transfer Gepard anti-aircraft guns to Ukraine, whose «golden age» was in the 1970s, is a compromise aimed at eliminating internal contradictions in Germany, such an opinion in an interview with China's military expert Sun Zhongping told the Global Times newspaper. Earlier, the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, citing its own sources, reported that Germany at an international meeting at the invitation of the United States at the Ramstein airbase promised to supply Gepard installations to Ukraine. This was later confirmed by German Defense Minister Christina Lambrecht.Brazil denied negotiations with Germany on ammunition for Ukraine the government included provisions in its coalition agreement to limit the export of weapons, but later changed these rules, giving in to internal political pressure and the demands of the allies. According to Zhongping, the «golden age» for the Gepard with its anti-aircraft guns was the 1960s and 1970s years, these ZSUs were removed from the armament of the Bundeswehr in 2010. «Before these installations are handed over to the Ukrainian military, they will have to be repaired at the expense of Germany,» the expert said. At the same time, even if the repair is successful, there are doubts that these systems will be delivered to the battlefield in Donbass, he believes. In his opinion, the supply of these installations from warehouses, and not from the Bundeswehr, is a compromise between the ruling parties in Germany, which they went to «satisfy» the United States and Britain. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. The Russian Foreign Ministry previously stated that NATO countries were «playing with fire», supplying weapons to Ukraine. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that pumping Ukraine with arms from the West is not conducive to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect. «/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/5608622e2101506cbed63f694dbc01d6.jpg» />Switzerland blocks German arms supplies to Ukraine, media reported
