2023-11-12 21:49:23
– Germany to double its military aid to Ukraine in 2024
The government coalition of Chancellor Olaf Scholz plans to double the military aid planned for Ukraine in 2024, to the tune of nearly 8 billion francs.
Published today at 10:49 p.m.
The German announcement comes as the Ukrainian counter-offensive once morest Russian forces seems to be stalling, with the front line largely frozen.
AFP
The German Minister of Defense announced on Sunday evening a doubling, to 8 billion euros, of the military aid initially planned by his country for Ukraine in 2024.
“This constitutes a strong signal to Ukraine, showing that we are not letting it down,” Boris Pistorius declared on the public television channel ARD, questioned regarding information from the German press published on Sunday on the doubling of the budget allowance; resource envelope.
“It is an important signal at the precise moment when Ukraine must continue its fight, while part of the international attention is focused on Israel” and Gaza, added the minister. The increase in this military aid also responds “to the experience we had this year and which showed that the planned amounts were quickly exhausted,” he said.
«Impasse»
The German government had initially planned an aid package, mainly in military equipment, to the tune of 4 billion euros (3.85 billion francs). But the parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government coalition have just agreed on a doubling. The decision must be formalized during a vote in committee of the Chamber of Deputies next Thursday.
Since the start of the Russian invasion, Germany has been a major contributor to support for kyiv, having provided some €22 billion to Ukraine in the form of humanitarian, financial and military aid. Berlin notably sent tanks, armored vehicles, ammunition and anti-aircraft defense systems to kyiv. But Germany is reluctant to deliver long-range Taurus missiles insistently requested by kyiv, for fear that they will be used to target Russian territory.
The German announcement comes as the Ukrainian counter-offensive once morest Russian forces seems to be stalling, with the front line largely frozen. The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, Valery Zaluzhny, in a recent interview with “The Economist”, considered that the two armies were trapped in a war of attrition and positions and spoke of a “stalemate “.
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