The German company that produces the ‘Leopard 2’ main battle tanks offered this Friday to increase its production if there is a political consensus, following the open debate that has been held in recent weeks about sending armored vehicles to Ukraine.
The chief executive of the German company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), Ralf Ketzel, said there are no supply problems that would hinder a possible increase in production.
“Until now, no one has told us that it wouldn’t be possible”Ketzel told the news agency data protection authoritybefore the start of the Munich Security Conference. “What we need is a clear political consensus”he added.
Germany was one of the countries most delayed in confirming sending tanks to Ukraine, finally doing so after the United States also declared it would send its tanks to the Ukrainians.
The Russian invasion – justified by the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, with the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russian security – was condemned by the international community at large, which responded by sending arms to Ukraine and to impose on Russia political and economic sanctions.
The UN presented 7,155 civilian deaths and 11,662 wounded as confirmed since the start of the war, underlining that these numbers are far below the real ones, in addition to several million internally displaced persons and refugees.
Source: DN
