Germany has approved the supply of dozens of infantry fighting vehicles (BMPs) to Ukraine, which originally belonged to the army of the former communist GDR, according to Reuters, citing criticism that Berlin is not sending enough military aid to Kyiv.
Berlin has approved the Czech company’s supply of 56 PbV-501 armored personnel carriers to Kyiv, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Friday.
He responded to a request to confirm media reports that 58 cars armed with guns and machine guns were to be delivered to Ukraine.
Berlin handed over the BMP to Sweden in the late 1990s, which later sold it to their Czech company, which now seeks to sell it to Kyiv, the Welt am Sonntag reported.