The committee will vote on allocating a total amount of 12 billion euros, which will be distributed simultaneously to supplying Kiev with military supplies and to refilling the German army’s stores with weapons and ammunition after it emptied a large part of this stockpile during the past year to supply Kiev with weapons and ammunition.
If the committee approves this funding, as is expected, the volume of German aid to Ukraine will jump from the 3 billion pledged so far, to about 15 billion euros, including amounts that will be used to replenish the stores of the German army.
On Wednesday morning, the Ministry of Finance will present to the deputies a number of proposals in this direction.
According to the same source, the German army will be able to benefit from part of these new allocations, starting this year.
rearmament
- Since the start of the Russian military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Germany has engaged in an ambitious policy of rearmament.
- Days after the start of the process, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised to allocate 100 billion euros to fill the many loopholes that the Bundeswehr suffers from.
- However, this promised money has not yet been released, and the German army is still suffering from the repercussions of the austerity policy that has affected it for years.
- Berlin is a major contributor to Kiev’s military support.
- As part of this support, the German government announced on Monday that it had delivered 18 Leopard-2 tanks to Ukraine.
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