Germany: Bundeswehr arms deliveries to Ukraine ‘reached a limit’
16 April 2022 |
5:13 am
Germany's defense minister says there's hardly any possibility left to supply Ukraine with weapons from the German military arsenal, and further deliveries would have to be made through the arms industry.
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