A little crack in NATO?
Posted on 01/22/2022 1:53:36 PM PST by McGruff
Berlin has rejected calls to provide Kyiv with weapons in a week in which the U.K. and the U.S. reiterated their commitment to helping Ukraine's military amid soaring tensions over a buildup of Russian troops by its border.
German defense minister Christine Lambrecht told the newspaper Welt am Sonntagthat there was "consensus in the federal government" that arms deliveries to Ukraine are "currently not helpful."
While Lambrecht said Berlin is "standing on Kyiv's side," she said her country would not extend military support for Ukraine and emphasized other help it would provide, such as a field hospital worth €5.3 million euros ($6 million).
The rebuff has angered Kyiv, which summoned German ambassador Anka Feldguzen, to Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday.
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US out of NATO.
Russian gas is more important than Ukraine lives.
Germans having second thoughts of going to war with Russia and specifically a war near Kiev, Kursk, Stalingrad, the Dnieper River? Cannot imagine why that would be?
I did Nazi that coming
Refusal to permit Estonia to transfer artillery that originated in Germany points to strains in Western alliance over Ukraine
US out of Germany... NOW
Germany needs the Russian gas and is now Russia’s Kamala.
Surly Russia, Russia, Russia won’t occupy very much land that wasn’t theirs yesterday for very long.
Did Biden get approval to send US weapons into the theater?
What percentage of German gas comes from Russia?
According to Eurostat, 30% of the EU’s petroleum oil imports and 39% of total gas imports came from Russia in 2017. For Estonia, Poland, Slovakia and Finland, more than 75% of their imports of petroleum oils originated in Russia. The Russian state-owned company Gazprom exports natural gas to Europe.
A little crack in NATO?
Shocka, haha.
Giving weapons to Ukraine will only ensure more dead Ukrainians.
How many former East Germans now hold important positions in German government?
No weapons, but a field hospital?
Sounds like Bent Willy’s “You’d better put some ice on that”!
We need to take our Troops in Germany and invade Poland. The Poles would welcome us with open arms and our costs would drop 50%
The flow of Russian gas is more than just a consideration to Berlin. It’s probably the most important one.
Have they agreed how to divide Poland again?
Sounds like Germany took a look at the Farmer’s Almanac and found that it gets very cold this time of year.
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