Defence minister tells meeting of military leaders that government has agreed to sign off delivery
The German government is expected to use the occasion of a high-level defence meeting on supporting Ukraine to announce that it will send a fleet of anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine, as it attempts to offset criticism that it has been too slow to provide military equipment to the war-torn country.
Christine Lambrecht, the defence minister, is due to pledge about 50 Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, in a speech to the representatives of 40 countries at the talks hosted by the US air force at its Europe headquarters in Ramstein, south-west Germany.
