Before the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Western countries "did everything" to prevent this war, but Russian President Vladimir Putin in response "broke these peace talks" and "has been destroying an innocent country for six months," Deutsche Welle quotes an interview Annalena Berbak of the ZDF TV channel.

Moscow does not even want to "really actively conduct negotiations on humanitarian corridors", and in such a situation there is no other way but to continue "supporting Ukraine with arms supplies", the head of the German Foreign Ministry emphasized, reminding of the additional supplies of German weapons announced by Berlin at the beginning of this week in the amount of more than 500 million euros.

Arms supplies from Germany to Ukraine, according to Berbak, are "on a fine line" due to Germany's "absolute shortage of its own stocks".

She admitted that at the beginning of the war, the German government was indecisive about the transfer of weapons, but now quick, additional deliveries are needed in the fall "so that the Ukrainians can defend themselves."

Germany plans to additionally transfer Iris-T missile systems, 10 armored repair and evacuation vehicles, 20 rocket launchers, ammunition and means of defense against drones to Kiev.

The deliveries must be approved by a committee of the Bundestag.

It is planned that German weapons will be transferred to Ukraine in 2023.