German official says Ukraine military aid will fit ‘battlefield’ needs

Germany will always adjust its arms deliveries to Ukraine according to the needs on the battlefield, the country’s vice chancellor has said after France became the first Western nation to commit to supplying Kyiv with light-armoured combat vehicles.

“We will not stop to deliver weapons to Ukraine … We will always adjust our deliveries to the need of the battlefield,” Robert Habeck said at a Norwegian business conference.

Ukraine has asked its Western allies to supply it with armoured vehicles, battle tanks, air defence systems and longer-range missiles as it continues to battle Russia’s offensive.