Germany will provide 1 billion euros in military aid to Ukraine

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reuters

AFP on April 16 reported Virtue will provide new military aid worth one billion euros (more than $1 billion) to Ukraine.

A German government spokesman said Berlin decided to increase international aid in the defense sector “to 2 billion euros” and “the largest part is planned to go in the form of military aid to Ukraine”.

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner also confirmed on Twitter that the 2 billion euro aid package “will mainly go to Ukraine”.

This support must be used mainly by Ukraine for the purchase of military equipment.

Pine new newspaper most government Virtue given in context Berlin receiving more and more criticism from Ukraine and some other EU partners such as Poland and the Baltic states because of the lack of arms support for Kyiv.

Earlier this week, Ukraine refused to visit Kyiv by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who was the former foreign minister of Germany. Recently, the leader admitted “errors” for taking a friendly stance towards Moscow while serving as foreign minister.

Instead, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv would like to welcome German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. However, the German chancellor said he had no plans to visit Kyiv for the time being.

The diplomatic spat comes as Mr Scholz faces pressure to step up support for Ukraine.

Mr. Scholz is being criticized at home for his reluctance to send heavy weapons to Ukraine, despite his dramatic transformation. policy defense of Germany after Russia began its military campaign.

After visits to Kyiv by several leaders world others, including the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyencritics questioned why Scholz himself did not make the trip.

Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk, said Mr Scholz’s trip to Kyiv would send a “strong signal”. Meanwhile, the opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party called on the German chancellor to “grasp the situation on the ground”.