German foreign minister defends delay in sending armoured vehicles to Ukraine

Berlin will give Ukraine funds to buy weapons as army has run out of hardware, says Annalena Baerbock

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Germany's foreign minister has insisted there is no taboo" in Berlin over sending armoured vehicles to Ukraine, as her government defends itself against criticism that its delay in authorising the delivery of heavy weapons is undermining the west's unified stance.

Berlin has not ruled out shipping tanks to Ukraine, even if it may sound like that in the German debate", said Annalena Baerbock at a joint press conference in Riga with the Latvian foreign minister, Edgars Rinkvis.