German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has announced that Berlin plans to double its military aid for war-torn Ukraine to eight billion euros by 2024.
“Germany’s governing coalition plans to double military assistance to Ukraine to $8.6 billion next year, Bloomberg reported, citing sources.
The German parliament’s Budget Committee will approve the extra $4 billion in military funding for Kiev at a meeting next week, which would increase German defense spending to 2.1% of GDP in 2024, the agency reported, citing information it obtained from the Defense Ministry.
Earlier, the top European diplomat, Josep Borrell, said that U.S. aid to Ukraine might be cut and that EU countries should be politically ready to take up the slack.
On October 10th, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced a $1.1 billion military aid package for Ukraine, including Patriot SAMs and the IRIS-T missile system.
In 2022, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the €100 billion fund, which includes the procurement of F-35 fighter jets to replace aging Tornado jets, Israel's Arrow air defense system, and Chinook heavy-lift helicopters.
The U.S. and its allies increased their military aid to Kiev shortly after Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly warned that supplying arms to the Kiev regime will only prolong the conflict”. -Sputnik News
As international attention remains focused on the Israel-Hamas war, Kiev’s biggest military backer in Europe has decided to take up the slack for the United States in Ukraine, despite Germany having already forked over twenty-two billion euros in humanitarian, financial, and military aid to the Ukrainian war effort.
And while German Chancellor Olaf Scholz divulged in a debate organized by the German regional daily Heilbronner Stimme that he stands opposed to an immediate ceasefire in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it looks as though Germany may be stranded defending Europe from Russia with a diminishing commitment of assistance on the part of the United States.