“In the current military situation, I consider it necessary and responsible to deploy German anti-aircraft missile forces on NATO territory on the border with Ukraine to protect the airspace over Western Ukraine, for example, with Patriot systems,” SPD defense expert Joe Weingarten said in an interview with Spiegel on May 18. Read also: Why Poland can’t provide Ukraine with Patriot systems yet A member of the SPD and the Bundestag’s Defense Committee, Weingarten stated that Germany should “do everything possible so that Ukraine can resist Russian attacks.” The publication notes that if the Pat…