NATO crisis as American red tape blamed for huge Ukraine weapons delivery delay | World | News [Video]

Germany had pledged to send MRAPs to Ukraine from January but the delivery has been postponed (Image: Getty)

American and German red tape have been blamed for the considerable delays NATO members have faced while trying to send weapons and equipment to help Ukraine fight back Russia.

On Saturday, the House of Representatives passed a bill earmarking $61 billion in additional aid to Kyiv, but new weapons and support are not expected to reach the battlefield until late spring.

Germany had lined up Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armoured vehicles to send over from January but their delivery has been repeatedly postponed, German publication BILD reported.

Berlin had agreed to send 200 of the armoured vehicles in its latest aid package, worth around $523 million, in addition to 10,000 artillery shells.

But now anonymous German Defence Ministry insiders suggested American red tape could be to blame for Germany’s repeated change of …