Bundestag votes in favor of a document to speed up heavy weapons supply to Ukraine

The German Bundestag has voted in favor of a document calling on the government to expand and speed up the provision of heavy weapons to Ukraine

Bild reports.

The approved document is entitled "Protecting Peace and Freedom in Europe – Comprehensive Support for Ukraine."

It is a joint proposal of the CDU/CSU opposition bloc and coalition parties.

As they say, 586 deputies voted "For," 100 voted "against", and 7 abstained.

Deputies called on the federal government to "continue and, if possible, speed up the supply of necessary equipment to Ukraine, as well as expand supplies through heavy weapons and complex systems."

The parliamentarians also stressed that the provision of weapons to Ukraine should take place in such a way as not to weaken Germany's defense capabilities.

Deputies backed the government's steps, including sanctions against russia, assistance in investigating war crimes, and restructuring Germany's infrastructure to make it no longer dependent on russian energy supplies.

"The German Bundestag strongly condemns russia's brutal aggressive war against Ukraine. At the same time, russia is grossly violating international and humanitarian law and trying to destroy the European peace order forever," the document reads.

Deputies called for closing the "holes" in the equipment of the Bundeswehr as soon as possible if any.

As Rubryka reported, Germany already has the government's consent to supply Ukraine with Gepard anti-aircraft self-propelled guns.

In addition, Rheinmetall requested the government to hand over 88 used Leopard tanks and hundreds of Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine, and the Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Group requested hundreds of Panzerhaubitze 2000 anti-aircraft guns.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz resisted for a long time.