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Previously, the government led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz was reluctant to provide heavy weapons, though key ministers from the governing coalition parties were reportedly more forward leaning than Scholz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The provision of the self-propelled howitzers follows the expected logic of intensified fighting in the stretches of Ukraine\u2019s east, described by Western analysts as a war of attrition by way of long-range fires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at a news conference in Slia\u010d, central Slovakia, German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht called the number of howitzers to be sent \u201cmilitarily sensible.\u201d Seven will come from Germany\u2019s arsenal, taken from the maintenance pool rather than active Bundeswehr units, she said. The Dutch will provide five of the 155mm weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heavy weapons have already flowed into Ukraine from other countries, as Russian forces are trying to push deeper into eastern and southern Ukraine. Citing open-source reporting, the Washington-based New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy wrote May 3 that the Czech Republic and Poland had sent variants of the Soviet-era Grad multiple-launch rocket systems. In addition, howitzers were either promised or already delivered by the United States, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Poland and France, according to the think tank\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/newlinesinstitute.org\/ukraine\/what-heavy-weapons-the-west-has-and-hasnt-sent-ukraine\/\">accounting<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heavy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2022\/04\/28\/ukraine-weapon-switcheroos-are-flushing-soviet-arms-out-of-europe\/\">weaponry supplied so far<\/a> is a mix of Warsaw Pact material and newer, Western equipment. The latter, including the Panzerhaubitze 2000, hold the promise of longer ranges and higher rates of fire, potentially giving Ukrainian defenders an advantage in not only repelling Russian advances but gaining back Ukrainian territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lambrecht and her counterparts from the Netherlands and Slovakia, Kajsa Ollongren and Jaroslav Na\u010f, respectively, gathered in Slia\u010d on Friday to discuss a joint effort to station Patriot air defense units there. The goal, they said, is protect NATO\u2019s eastern front while the war rages in neighboring Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aided heavily by the Americans, the Dutch and German armed forces each sent a Patriot unit for an initial duration of six months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Patriot system can intercept missiles or aircraft at a range of up to roughly 45 miles, according to a German military website. 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