Germany, India holding secret talks on purchase of shells for Ukrainian Armed Forces

Germany is conducting secret negotiations with India on the purchase of several hundred thousand artillery shells for their further transfer to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Report informs via Spiegel.

According to Spiegel, the negotiations are classified because the Indian authorities do not want to spoil relations with Russia. Such deals in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces might also be concluded with Arab countries, some of which also have large reserves of shells.

The head of the Situation Center Ukraine at the German Ministry of Defense, Christian Freuding, explained that artillery and anti-aircraft ammunition are not so widely available, so such negotiations have to be resorted to. According to him, in 2024 the German government will allocate 7 billion euros for the purchase of weapons to Ukraine.