Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register BERLIN, April 29 (Reuters) – Germany is considering sending long-range shells to Ukraine, a security source told Reuters on Friday, confirming a report by Welt am Sonntag just days after Berlin decided for the first time. to supply heavy weapons in Kyiv. The move follows warnings from the Kremlin that Western arms supplies to Ukraine pose a threat to the security of the European continent “and cause instability.” read more Ukraine’s calls for heavy weapons have intensified since Moscow shifted its attack to Donbass, an area with a large, open ground that is considered more suitable for tank battles than areas north of the capital. Kyiv, where much of the previous fighting took place. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Berlin is in talks with the Dutch government over the delivery of the Panzerhaubitze 2000 to Ukraine, the source said, referring to one of the most powerful artillery in Bundeswehr stockpiles that can hit targets within 40 kilometers (25 miles). The Dutch plan to supply a “limited number” of the same shells to Ukraine, the ANP news agency reported on Tuesday, as Germany offered to provide training and ammunition for weapons manufactured by German defense company KMW. Critics, including Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany, have accused Berlin of delaying delivering heavy weapons to Ukraine and other measures that could help Kyiv repel Russian forces, such as an embargo on Russian energy imports. Most of the heavy weapons that NATO countries have sent to Ukraine so far are Soviet-made weapons that are still in stock in NATO member states in Eastern Europe, but the United States and some other allies have begun supplying Kyiv with western cannons. On Thursday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the Western military alliance was ready to maintain its support for Ukraine in the war against Russia for years, including helping Kyiv move from Soviet-era weapons to Soviet-era weapons. weapons and systems. read more Moscow describes its actions in Ukraine as a “special military operation” to “de-liberate” the country. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Report by Sabine Siebold Written by Rachel More and Miranda Murray. Edited by: Nick Macfie Our role models: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
