12 December 2022, Slovakia, Michalovce: Brigadier General Christian Freuding (l), head of the Special Staff Ukraine at the Ministry of Defense, and Ralf Ketzel, CEO of Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), stand in front of the repair center near the Slovakian border with Ukraine. The tank manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) is now organizing the repair of major weapons worn out or damaged during the fighting in Ukraine, such as the self-propelled howitzer 2000, in the region, based on an intergovernmental agreement between Slovakia and the German government. (to dpa "Weapons aid for Ukraine: Repair center in Slovakia starts") Photo: Carsten Hoffmann/dpa