Around 60 Ukrainian soldiers have arrived in western Germany to begin training on the howitzer 2000 artillery system. The German government has pledged to send seven of the self-propelled weapons.

Ukraine received a total of twenty-seven of these vaunted howitzers from Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy. Ukraine’s prospects for a military victory against Russia are looking increasingly bleak.

A large majority of the German Army's self-propelled howitzer 2000 artillery pieces are currently not operational, according to local media. Citing a confidential Defense Ministry paper, daily Bild ...

Seven German self-propelled Howitzer 2000s have arrived in Ukraine, marking the first delivery of German heavy weaponry to reach the country since the Russian invasion began almost four months ago.