Manipulative and deliberate misleading reports in German press.

On 17 August, the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung reported that the current budget planning by the German federal government does not intend to provide assistance to Ukraine next year, resulting in headlines like "Germany won't allocate more aid to Ukraine", etc.

The same happened previously when newspapers claimed that Berlin cut the military aid for Ukraine for 2025 by half.

Only that they were comparing the expenses in 2024 including the initial budget and the later increases with the projected budget for 2025. Although the budget for 2024 and 2025 actually didn't change at all.

Now they claim that there is "no provisions for further funding to support Ukraine."

True is that bilateral aid from Germany will be partially shifted to international programmes in the future. This refers, in particular, to the decision of the G7 countries to provide Ukraine with US$50 billion using frozen russian assets.

Nonetheless, "the Federal Ministry of Finance is ready to consider short-term additional funds until then," and as in 2024 "the Bundestag can be asked to grant an authorisation" to cover the additional needs of Ukraine.

In total, to say it with the words of Ukraine's Foreign Ministry: These media reports about Germany stopping its military assistance to Ukraine are incorrect and manipulative.