“I will continue those conversations with our NATO allies and friends to facilitate the donation of the best military equipment to help Ukraine defend itself against this brutal aggression.”
When asked whether Germany was doing enough to help Ukraine, it tactfully said that it “wants everyone to go as far as they can, but each country will support Ukraine in the way that suits them”. be best suited for.”
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urged allies to do more to support Ukraine at a meeting on Friday. But no decision has been made on the supply of Leopards, officials said, although large quantities of other weapons have been pledged.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrat party is traditionally skeptical of military involvement and is wary of a further escalation of the conflict in Ukraine.