BERLIN — Germany will send 2,000 additional anti-tank weapons to Ukraine to help it repel the Russian invasion, a parliamentary source tells AFP.
The Ukrainian forces have already received 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stinger-type surface-to-air missile launchers from the Bundeswehr, the German army.
Germany has also provided around 500 Strela surface-to-air missiles out of 2,700 promised.
The parliamentary source, who wished to remain anonymous, says the 2,000 additional anti-tank weapons will be sent to Ukraine, confirming information circulating in the German media.
Germany had been reluctant to send weapons to Ukraine as Russian troops massed at its border last year. But Chancellor Olaf Scholz changed that policy following the start of the Russian invasion last month.
Germany had previously prohibited itself from exporting lethal weapons to conflict zones because of its history under Nazism.
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