Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk said that the West began to allocate more weapons to Ukraine after diplomatic steps by our country.

He hopes that eventually the partners will hand over both battle tanks and missiles to our country. 

Melnyk told about this on the air of "1+1" as part of the telethon. 

"Actually, there are many factors, and the main one is the efforts of Volodymyr Zelenskyi. And this is the historic visit to Washington, which became a tectonic shift in the Patriot issues, and in relation to the French, and around Christmas we see an important decision by the German government to transfer the Marder BMP to us, about which we asked for 10 months. This happened thanks to our diplomacy and our partners have made progress in these issues. It is important for us what will happen next. What opportunities will be available in the Armed Forces. It is important not to lose momentum," Melnyk explained. 

The deputy minister of foreign affairs added that Ukraine hopes to receive long-range missiles and battle tanks. 

"We need solutions regarding the supply of battle tanks, without which it will be more difficult to liberate our territories. But we need to take even more far-sighted steps - the supply of combat aircraft, strengthening the fleet - ships and submarines, ATACMS missiles. And these are the tasks that the president sets for diplomacy , so that our Armed Forces receive all the best and that the help is not episodic, but systematic," Andrii Melnyk said. 

Transfer of weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine 

On January 6, the USA announced a record package of military aid to Ukraine - almost 3 billion dollars.

For the first time, the Armed Forces will give the "tank killer" Bradley infantry fighting vehicle with 500 TOW anti-tank missiles and 250,000 25 mm rounds, 100 M113 armored personnel carriers and more. 

France will transfer Bastion armored personnel carriers and AMX-10RC wheeled tanks to Ukraine.

Also, Germany will join the USA in supplying Patriot systems to Ukraine.

In addition, this state intends to send Marder BMP to Ukraine.

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