PzH 2000 self-propelled artillery mount. File photoBERLIN, June 14.The first howitzers will be delivered by Germany to Ukraine when the training of Ukrainian servicemen who will serve them is completed, German Defense Minister Christina Lambrecht told reporters on Tuesday, answering a question about possible delivery dates. «The first howitzers will be delivered when the training is completed «, the minister said, adding that no specific information about the delivery dates or the route would be provided for security reasons.Poland has run out of stocks of weapons due to assistance to UkraineUkrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk said earlier that the delivery of seven German howitzers to Kyiv is scheduled for June 22. Earlier, Spiegel magazine, citing sources in Ukrainian government circles, said that Ukraine was already training Ukrainian military personnel in Germany to use Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers, and German Defense Minister Christina Lambrecht confirmed that Berlin would supply Ukraine with seven such guns. 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. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. The West copes with the destruction of the old itself
