Destroyed APU tank in the liberated territory of Donetsk region. File photoMOSCOW, May 30The Ukrainian army is not strengthening fast enough, and Germany is responsible for this, Brigadier General of the Bundeswehr Klaus Wittmann told Welt.
"If President Zelensky says pressure is increasing, it means that the situation is very bad", — said the military, commenting on the defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Wittmann acknowledged the superiority of the Russian army in terms of firepower and pointed to its rapid advance in recent days. added the general.
In Norway, they said that they were not supplying weapons to Ukraine of their own free will. He accused the German leadership of slowness in making decisions and unwillingness to help Ukraine. «If you don't want to do something, you can always find a lot of excuses, obstacles, bureaucratic problems, and so on,» Wittmann says. In his opinion, the German authorities want to wait out the Ukrainian crisis and deal with other issues so that, contrary to promises, they will not supply weapons to Kyiv. >Bloomberg: The EU has run out of tools that can harm RussiaAgainst the background of the Russian special operation to protect the Donbass, which began on February 24, Washington and NATO allies continue to pump weapons to Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly warned that the supply of Western weapons only prolongs the conflict, and transport with them becomes a legitimate target. Last week, US President Joe Biden signed a bill to provide Kyiv with military, economic and humanitarian assistance. It also includes various allocations related in one way or another to the situation in Ukraine. Congress increased the amount to almost $40 billion from the $33 billion originally requested by the head of state.