Posted on 08/17/2024 10:18:45 AM PDT by Mariner
Germany has frozen its military aid to Ukraine, claiming that a domestic budgetary crisis means it can no longer afford to supply Kyiv with new weapons.
Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, told his defence minister this month that there would be no money available for further military aid, according to a new report in the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper.
Boris Pistorius, the defence minister, had written up a wish list for €4 billion (£3.4 billion) in additional military supplies to Ukraine, but a letter sent to him by the finance ministry made clear that no extra money would be freed up because of the need to cut federal spending.
The freeze has already led to a first critical military order falling through.
After a Russian air strike on a Kyiv children’s hospital in July, Diehl Defence, the arms manufacturer, offered to supply an IRIS-T air defence system to help defend the Ukrainian capital’s airspace.
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I’m going to predict that Germany will ask Russia to supply them with gas through the Nord Stream line.
They can’t be too happy about the fact it was Ukraine that blew it up and caused such economic hardship...and loss of national wealth.
Wait, isn’t this a fight against an ultimate Russian invasion of Europe? Doesn’t look like the Germans are taking it too seriously.
This has nothing to do with a “budget crisis,” and everything to do with the Germans determining with absolute certainty that the Ukrainians destroyed the Nord Stream pipeline.
We told them so 😄✌️
Vksmarchoeren into history. Yesterday Poland, Today Ukraine. Watch your @$$ Putain
That’s just a propaganda line for the nitwits who front for corporate/globalist interests. Many of them post here on FR.
Not without the CIA's or MI6's help.
Those nitwits should be working on Kamala’s campaign and using their gaslighting skills there, except they aren’t even as smart or as good as the ones already working on her campaign.
Wait, isn’t this a fight against an ultimate Russian invasion of Europe? Doesn’t look like the Germans are taking it too seriously.
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It was existential until it wasn’t. Wokism leads to brokism everytime.
long overdue.
ole frank farter should ask ukes to start paying back debt!
They gots soo much credit it’s easy.
The scam’s about to hit the fan...
And Germany just got up to par for the first time since the Cold War ended, with finally funding 2% of their gross national product for their own defense which is expected of all NATO members. Plenty of other NATO members are still behind.
they still have to pay all the illegal Musi leeches bills.
When will we do the same? Lately, European countries are out ahead of the U.S. There are quite a few examples.
Russia will be happy to know that Germany is running out of money. Easier to invade Germany now than Ukraine. ;)
But, running out of money is something that’s plaguing Russia too after spending so much in the invasion of Ukraine.
Perhaps that’s the solution that prevents wars: make countries go bankrupt.
After it was divulged publicly by the US MSM that Ukraine blew up the Nordstream pipelines, the Germans can’t be seen aiding Ukraine. Domestic politics won’t allow it.
Germany has been conquered by invaders.
I don’t have to be specific about who the invaders are.
Probably so. But there's still time in Germany, France, Sweden, etc. The UK is done. They'll rather become Islamist.
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