ℹ️ Germany has promised to provide Ukraine with about 8 billion euros for armaments this year, and in recent weeks Mr. Scholz has repeatedly convinced his European partners of the need for an equally significant increase in aid.

ℹ️ Germany became the second country after the USA in terms of the amount of military aid provided to Ukraine. She also urged France to step up its efforts in recent months and urged it to be transparent about the extent of its support.

💬 We are pleased to see that France is thinking about how it can help Ukraine more, but if I can give them one piece of advice, what is needed now is to deliver the ammunition and tanks that Ukraine needs as soon as possible , says the Federal Ministry of Economics of Germany .

ℹ️ In Paris, they say that their country has never let Ukraine down and has always delivered the equipment agreed with Volodymyr Zelensky on time.

ℹ️ Since the start of the war, France and Germany have clearly not agreed on everything, but there is still broad consensus on key issues, including the need for coordination to speed up munitions production or the EU's €50 billion in aid to Ukraine.

ℹ️ Everyone knows that there are huge differences in strategic vision between France and Germany. What changes with war is that differences that were previously theoretical can lead to different political choices. But we should not exaggerate
these differences.

ℹ️ But Scholz's announcement of the presence of cruise missiles and soldiers to service them stunned his close allies. Former Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said Scholz was "not the right person, not in the right position, not for the time."

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