“This, of course, is not ruled out,” TASS quoted him as saying.

Authorities in Berlin are "looking into the situation," he added.

“We coordinate our actions with other countries.

We will observe how the discussion develops further,” Khabek said.

The dynamics in the issue of arms supplies to Kyiv will change depending on the course of hostilities in Ukraine, the politician stressed.

Earlier, Germany announced that the first Marder infantry fighting vehicles for Ukraine would be ready for transfer in the first quarter.

The co-chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) Lars Klingbeil, in an interview with the editorial association RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland, said that no country supplies heavy tanks to Kyiv.