Germany’s request to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, quoted by “Spiegel” weekly, Olaf Schultz German chancellor campaigned for the delivery of more air defense systems to Ukraine at the EU summit. After the summit in Brussels, Schultz said that Germany “has taken comprehensive measures to equip Ukraine with small and large systems.” But even in terms of delivery of the big system, after the two Patriot systems that we have already delivered, with the third system, we are now the country that has the largest contribution in this direction.

He asked his NATO partners to make decisions He repeated the same and said: Air defense is especially important in Ukraine. We know that Ukraine needs our support now and needs a clear signal.

Thus, Olaf Schultz has asked NATO member states to further strengthen Ukraine’s air defense with Patriot air defense systems. do According to him, there is no logical reason for other NATO countries to reject this request of Ukraine.

He said after the European Union summit in Brussels that NATO has already made it clear that the delivery of more systems is possible. He knows the justification.

The German federal government announced that it will deliver another Patriot air defense system to Ukraine. “We hope that six more will be found for delivery,” Schultz said in Brussels. In addition to Germany, Spain and the Netherlands also have this action on their agenda.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky wants to request more military support for the defense battle against Present Russia. According to Zelensky, the question now for his country is whether it can maintain the front line and protect the remaining energy infrastructure. In recent weeks, Russia has increased military pressure on Ukraine and, among other things, destroyed almost all thermal power plants with airstrikes. The German Foreign Minister once again called for more military assistance from the West. “All over the world we have to consolidate the air defenses we have,” Baerbock said in the ZDF-heute-journal. Exactly how to do that is something G7 foreign ministers will discuss at their meeting in Capri.

Baerbock dismissed criticism that the EU is hesitant to provide military support to Ukraine. He said: “We are not waiting for anything. We can’t just do sorcery and magic.”

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausda has also called for the strengthening of Ukraine’s air defenses. In this regard, he said: The countries of the European Union and the United States of America in particular should speed up their military aid to Ukraine and find new and improved sanctions mechanisms against Russia.

According to Navsda, Ukraine needs additional air defense systems to better protect its cities and airspace.

NAVSDA also called on the US Congress to finally approve a further aid package to Ukraine. Now is the time for the United States to “do the right thing,” he wrote. The US House of Representatives is expected to vote next Saturday on the long-delayed new aid package for Ukraine. German Foreign Minister Analena Baerbock also expressed hope that the US House of Representatives will vote on more support for Ukraine. to vote He said it was a “hopeful sign” that there were signals from the United States about continued aid to Ukraine.

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