Greece to send Ukraine 40 amphibious fighting vehicles as Zelensky pushes Russia back

Greece is set to send Ukraine $1million’s worth of amphibious fighting vehicles to aid Ukraine’s fighting against Russian forces. Military experts declared early on in Moscow’s “special military operation” that this had spelled “the return of industrial warfare”.

Ukraine has strongly relied on arms and monetary support from Western nations.

Reports, meanwhile, have suggested Russia is beginning to struggle with stocks as its production capabilities fail to meet up to demand.

Athens earlier this week announced it will supply 40 BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine.

These, Reuters reports, were built during the Soviet era.

The support forms part of a swap deal with Germany.

While Athens sends its 40 vehicles to Kyiv, Berlin will hand over 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Greece.

Samuel Ramani, Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, wrote in a post on Twitter that “Ukraine will be disappointed that the Marders won’t enter its hands”.

This is a sign of depleting stocks in the West itself.

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Sources told Reuters the package will likely contain munitions and ammunition for howitzers.

But in America, too, officials are concerned about depleting military stocks.

One defence official last month told the Wall Street Journal that storage of certain rounds had become “uncomfortably low”.

They added: “It is not at the level we would like to go into combat.”

German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht yesterday announced that it would supply more multiple rocket launchers to Ukraine.

She said: “We have decided to deliver two more MARS II multiple rocket launchers including 200 rockets to Ukraine.

“On top of this, we will send 50 Dingo armoured personnel carriers to Ukraine.”

This comes after a string of counter-offensive successes in Ukraine, with Kyiv reportedly retaking a good deal of land captured by Russia in the early stages of the conflict.

Much attention is now being paid to Russia’s potential next moves, with some suggesting its time in the war could be coming to a close.

source: express.co.uk