The German Ministry of Defence is concerned, as the country's 2024 budget is over €5 billion short for military aid to Ukraine. Source: German tabloid Bild, citing a confidential Defence Ministry memo, as reported by European Pravda Details: Bild explained that military support for Ukraine is paid for with funds from the "general financial management" budget, which has €4 billion designated to help Ukraine in 2024.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has had a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Source: Zelenskyy on Twitter (X), reported by European Pravda Quote: "Our agreements in Granada are being successfully implemented.
On Friday, the German government reported on the shipment of another package of military aid to Ukraine over the past week, which included Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, drones and heavy trucks.
The majority of Germans support Chancellor Olaf Scholz's decision not to supply Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine for the time being. Source: European Pravda, citing dpa Details: The results of a survey conducted by the YouGov institute on behalf of DPA show that 55% of respondents agree with Scholz's position, while 26% consider it wrong.