Germany refutes delay in weapon delivery to Ukraine; says "to be delivered after training"

Amid ravaging war between Russia and Ukraine, Germany, on Tuesday, refuted reports of t delivering vanced weapons to Kyiv that it h promised earlier. While dressing a press conference during her visit to a military base in western German town of Rheinbach, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht clarified that Ukrainian troops are being trained in using German howitzers. According to minister, long-range weapons can be used on battlefield once troops complete ir training. " exercise on Panzerhaubitze 2000 will soon be finished so that it can be used in war in Kyiv," she said.

tably, Panzerhaubitze 2000, is a German 155 mm self-propelled howitzer developed by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Rheinmetall for German Army. It is considered one of most powerful conventional artillery systems deployed in modern times. It can hit targets at a distance of 40 km. It is worth mentioning clarification from Germany came as Ukraine on several occasions accused its counsellor Olaf Scholz of delaying delivery of vanced weapons. However, when asked Defence Minister about tentative date and route from which it would be transported to Ukraine, she denied revealing citing security reasons. 

Mykolaiv Goverr says Ukraine Running out of ammunition

Earlier on Sunday, a top Ukrainian official said that Ukrainian forces are w running out of ammunition. In Mykolaiv region, its goverr, Vitaliy Kim, said that Ukrainian forces, who have been defending country against Russians with Soviet-era weapons, are running out of ammunition. He appealed to Western countries to supply vanced weapons to war-torn country at earliest. goverr ackwledged that Russian troops are equipped with latest and most vanced weapons that have been inundating Ukraine from nearly all sides.

Mykolaiv Goverr ted that Western countries are helping Ukraine with weapons, but y are t arriving "fast eugh" or in "sufficient numbers" to deter Russian aggression. It is worth ting ongoing war is close to completing four months. Since onset of brutal war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to West and Europe to assist Ukraine with more and more weapons. According to Zelenskyy, it is only way to end war.

Im: AP