German Marder infantry fighting vehicles are on their way to Ukraine, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on the sidelines of the meeting of EU foreign and defence ministers in Brussels, CNN reports.
In January, Germany announced it would provide Ukraine with 40 Marder armoured personnel carriers. At the same time, it became known that Ukrainian soldiers had arrived in Germany to learn how to operate the vehicles.
In Germany, the Marder is being gradually phased out, but hundreds of vehicles are still in service. This armoured personnel carrier has been used by the military since the early 1970s but continuously upgraded.
In January, the head of the Bundestag's Defence Committee, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, confirmed that Germany would provide Ukraine with Marder BMPs. She added that the delivery of Leopard tanks would follow.