Ukrainian soldiers on BMP. File photoATHENA, May 31.The Greek Ministry of National Defense confirmed the dispatch of BMP-1 armored infantry vehicles to Ukraine and their replacement with German-made equipment as part of an agreement between Greece and Germany. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at a briefing after the EU summit on Tuesday that Greece will transfer Soviet-style tanks to Ukraine, Berlin to replace it will provide Athens with its armored vehicles. According to Scholz, he agreed on this with the Greek Prime Minister at a meeting in Brussels. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hid the decision to send armored vehicles to Ukraine at a press conference after the summit.In Greece, they were dissatisfied with the EU plan to give up Russian resourcesGreek political parties demanded an explanation why the government hides the shipment of weapons to Ukraine and supplies them in violation of national law. They said Greece was dangerously drawn into the conflict in Ukraine. The Greek Ministry of National Defense announced late on Tuesday an agreement between Greece and Germany to send «defense equipment» to Ukraine and replace it with German-made «defense equipment.» informs that after previous discussions and after today's meeting of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the transfer of East German-made armored infantry vehicles of the BMP-1 type (received in 1994) was agreed with the aim of sending to Ukraine and their simultaneous replacement with an equal number of combat German-made Marder armored vehicles,» the statement reads. Details will be settled shortly between the Greek Ministry of National Defense and the German Federal Ministry of Defense so that the agreement can be implemented as soon as possible, the document says.
The supply of long-range missiles to Ukraine is out of the question, the State Department said
