After the decision to supply main battle tanks to Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz outlined the red lines for further military support of our country in the face of Russian aggression.
This is reported by Tagesschau.
Speaking in the Bundestag, Scholz ruled out the delivery of fighter jets or the deployment of ground troops.
"I made it clear very early on that it was not about fighter jets, and I repeat the same here," he said.
When no-fly zones were discussed shortly after the start of the war, he and US President Joe Biden said: "We're not going to do that."
"And nothing has changed about it, and nothing will change," Scholz said.
"Under no circumstances will we send ground troops. I said that there will be no direct participation of NATO soldiers in the war in Ukraine. This has not happened yet and will not happen in the future. And everyone can rely on it," he emphasized.
"This is what was said from the very beginning, not only by me, but also by the American president. And together, these words should probably carry a lot of weight."
As you know, on Wednesday, January 25, the German government officially announced the decision to transfer Leopard 2 main battle tanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and to allow re-export to other countries that also want to do so.
We will remind, after media reports that Ukraine will receive Leopard 2 tanks from Germany and M1 Abrams from the USA, the head of the Foreign Ministry, Dmytro Kuleba, said that friends of Ukraine have "started" the supply of F-16 aircraft.