According to the Global Network, the United States will help promote NATO countries in a few days, and provide assistance to Ukraine with main battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, with a number of nearly 900. This was another heavy equipment aid after Britain and Germany had provided heavy self-propelled guns and infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine two days earlier.
In response to Zelenskiy's request, the United States will cooperate with allies in the transfer of Soviet-made tanks to Ukraine, and the Biden administration will act as an "intermediary" to hand over Soviet-made tanks to Ukraine for the first time. Among them, the Czech Republic: 30 T-72M4CZ tanks in service, 86 mothballed T-72M1 tanks. Hungary: 30 active T-72M1 tanks, 75 sealed T-72M tanks. Poland: 135 T-72M1Z tanks in service, and 586 mothballed T-72M1 and T-72MD tanks.
For the first time, Germany also supplied heavy weapons. In addition to the countries of Eastern Europe, Germany is also one of the countries that have been seriously affected by the shock wave of the war. Because Germany is the front line of NATO against Russia, and at the same time superior to one of the most dependent countries in the European Union on Russia's energy. In this context, Germany's follow-up against Russia is actually an act of self-harm.
At present, Germany is under unprecedented pressure due to soaring energy and food prices, and public protests and demonstrations are becoming commonplace. Under such circumstances, Germany continued to supply Ukraine with weapons, which in itself was self-inflicted wounding with a knife. Therefore, according to overseas network reports, Germany recently approved the supply of 58 Cold War-era armored vehicles to Ukraine. However, the armored vehicles needed to be repaired for several weeks before they could be delivered.
It is reported that the batch of armored vehicles provided by Germany to Ukraine this time is the old Soviet BMP-1 armored vehicle, which is the equipment produced in the 60s of the last century. Imagine an armored vehicle that was produced more than 60 years ago, not to mention that it will take weeks to repair before it can be put into use. Even if it can be put into the Ukrainian battlefield now, it is purely the "iron coffin" of the Ukrainians on the modern battlefield, and at best it is used to consume Russian ammunition.
Didn't the Germans send ukraine such an antique chariot, which is obviously a pit for the lives of Ukrainians? The Germans did not want to provide weapons for Ukraine, so why should they use such dirty means to harm Ukraine? In fact, Germany was also forced to do such a pitted and immoral thing out of helplessness. The reason is that Germany can no longer afford the cost of the war going on indefinitely.
Given that Germany is one of the biggest victims of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, it has been forced by the pressure of western "political correctness" extreme values to play a disgraceful role in inciting the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. To this end, Germany was forced to change its previous policy of not supplying lethal weapons to conflict zones, providing Ukraine with a large number of lethal weapons, including "iron fist" anti-tank rockets.
The Germans have already paid a heavy price for the Ukraine crisis, and the Nord Stream-2 project, which has been built to ventilate the energy crisis, has been forced to be shelved indefinitely, leaving Germany to pay for the high price of natural gas. Affected by this, Germany's economy and people's livelihood are experiencing unprecedented torture in the past decade. To this end, German Chancellor Scholz recently lamented that the continuation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has turned Germany into a poor country.
The Germans knew better than anyone that the longer the Russo-Ukrainian war lasted, the more disadvantageous it would be to themselves. However, when the Russian-Ukrainian conflict can be stopped is not something that Germany or the ENTIRE EUROPEAN Union can decide. Moreover, out of the defense of the so-called "common values" of the West, Germany has to continue to suffer inexplicably, and continues to show the West's "unity" and tough posture towards Russia by providing military aid to Ukraine.
But being tough on Russia comes at a price, and russia recently demanded that all "unfriendly countries," including Germany, must use the ruble as a means of payment when trading energy with Russia. Although Germany and other European countries rejected Russia's request, the resulting response was that European energy prices soared further, forcing German Chancellor Scholz to call Putin to "intercede", and finally the two sides were able to compromise.
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict continues to hurt Germany, and if it continues, Germany may really become a poor country. For Germany, the best way to change this unfavorable situation is to bring the Russian-Ukrainian conflict to a halt. Since Germany did not have the courage to change the course of the war, it could only find ways to get Russia and Ukraine to reach a peace agreement as soon as possible.
Therefore, although Germany was forced to continue to provide military aid to Ukraine under pressure, it sent a batch of antique-grade armored vehicles. Germany's move was not because there was no ammunition in the arsenal, but because it was playing a trick: the sending of this antique-grade chariot, which could only be used for decoration, was obviously to maintain the "unity" of the West on the Ukrainian issue.