The Gepard first, followed closely by the Leopard: it is through this military-industrial choice that Olaf Scholz intends to put an end to the controversy born of weeks of procrastination by the German government around the delivery of heavy weapons to Ukraine .
It is in the American air base of Ramstein, in the west of Germany, surrounded by forty allied countries, that the German Minister of Defense, Christine Lambrecht, announced on Tuesday the next delivery of armored vehicles. to Ukraine.
The quantity is not known, the performance of the Gepard remains subject to caution, but in this country which has become pacifist after the Nazi experience, the decision is first of all symbolic.
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It is important to stay united and not to be dispersed
in the face of criticism, said the army chief, a loyal supporter of Olaf Scholz.
In the afternoon, in Berlin, it was time for a political truce.
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