Borrell: Germany’s decision to halve military aid to Ukraine is very worrying

The head of the European Union’s diplomacy, Josep Borrell, described yesterday Friday as “very worrying” and “bad news” the German government’s decision to roughly halve the military aid it offers to Ukraine next year. Mr Borrell, who participated in an event in Santander (northern Spain) and spoke in English, stressed that Germany, “in absolute terms”, made a “huge” effort to help Ukraine resist Russia’s military invasion from 2022 and “so far”, the EU’s contribution in this field is “mainly from Germany”. Consequently, the upcoming reduction in German aid to Kiev is “very worrying”, he continued. “It’s bad news.” The government of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, which is the second largest provider of military aid to Ukraine after the US and the largest in Europe, is looking for ways to cut budget spending and decided last week to halve the amount it will allocate bilaterally to Kiev. Mr. Soltz did […]
Source: News Beast

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