Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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Bofferbrauer2 said:

Ryuu96 said:

Politicos will meet in Brussels on February 1, where they plan to adopt a €50 billion financial aid package for Kyiv. Scholz intends to use the occasion to hold an additional debate about military support for Ukraine that individual EU countries plan for this year, a German official, who was granted anonymity to speak freely, told POLITICO.

The chancellor issued an unusually direct warning on Monday that "the arms deliveries for Ukraine planned so far by the majority of EU member states are by all means too small," adding: "I therefore call on our allies in the European Union to also step up their efforts in support of Ukraine ... We need higher contributions."

Scholz also said he had asked the EU to compile a list of all the military aid that member countries are planning this year, “at the latest” by the February 1 summit.

Berlin's plan to debate the findings of that list with leaders is likely to raise pressure on countries like France, Italy and Spain, which have donated comparably few military goods to Kyiv so far, at least according to publicly available information.

Scholz Wants To Discuss Ukraine Arms Deliveries With EU Leaders At February Summit – POLITICO

Yep, Scholz may not be very popular in Germany, but currently he's by far and away the one who does the most for Ukraine.

I would also hope for a kind of fund where all EU countries would pay into (without any obligation or limits so Hungary wouldn't have a base to block it) and could then use to finance military equipment fresh from the production lines to send to Ukraine. That way countries who don't have much to send, especially smaller countries like the Benelux countries or Slovenia could help support Ukraine when they don't have anything at home in reserve to send anymore.

Germany is doing very great recently but we need to keep up the pressure on sending Taurus.