Signals from Germany: Could send heavy weapons to Ukraine

Buschmann told the newspaper Welt am Sonntag on April 16th that international law does not say sending weapons is entering a war.

Therefore, if Ukraine “defends its legitimate right to self-defence, support through gun supplies does not turn you into a party to war”, he said.

Many German and citizen politicians have debated how deeply the state should be involved in supporting Kiev with military aid, as Russia began its unprotested invasion of Ukraine.

Western countries, led by the United States, have increased their shipments of weapons to Kiev forces after the Ukrainian leaders' desperate calls to supply Ukraine with weapons.

Germany has offered hundreds of millions of humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

German Chancellor Olaf Schcolz, has not yet given any public stance regarding the possibility of sending heavy arms to Ukraine, such as tanks, helicopters or planes, even though calls to make such a decision have increased within the ruling coalition in Germany.

Buschmann, from the party Free Democrats, which is the smallest party in the coalition, said Germany was among the first states to begin investigating possible war crimes in Ukraine, as federal police and the prosecutor general are leading investigations.

There is no doubt that terrible atrocities are being committed in Ukraine by Russian forces”, he said. /abcnews.al/