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Related to two factors: the media have learned why Slovakia "inhibits" the Armed Forces equipment on the border

According to the media, the crisis with the repair of German SUI, which now belong to Ukraine, can be partially related to the fact that the pro -Russian opposition is gaining weight in Slovakia. Due to the fact that Slovakia blocks the repair of German weapons for the Ukrainian military, dozens of broken self -propelled howitzers have already gathered on the border. About it reports Busines Insider.

According to insiders, vehicles with 15 broken self -propelled howites are waiting for the border of Slovakia to continue the path. In addition, according to them, in order to at least partially discharge the situation, the Federal Ministry of Defense from time to time delivered weapons to the Service Center through neighboring EU countries. According to the media, after various interventions from the federal government at different levels, German Chancellor Olaf Soltz also intervened.

In the telephone conversation last week, the current government of Slovakia, led by Edward Heger, assured Chancellor Scholz that now the problem with the repair of equipment for the Armed Forces will be solved in the shortest possible time. Business Insider notes that the current crisis can be associated with two factors: we recall that it became known that Slovakia does not miss the German equipment of the Armed Forces for repair.

According to journalists, Slovakia interprets the rules of import in such a way that taxes should be paid for the import of military equipment from Ukraine because the country is not included in the EU. Focus also wrote on December 13, 2022 that in Slovakia they would begin to repair German equipment for the needs of Ukraine. According to journalists, months of heavy fighting against the Russian army affect the Panzerhaubitze 2000 SAU, transferred in the summer of Kiev.