Bravo! There is usually not much positive to report about the banana republic Germany and its current chancellor. However, Chancellor Olaf Scholz's apparently sincere commitment to support the Ukraine in their defense against Putin the Terrible is standing out.
"Germany has announced a billion-dollar package in military aid, including more Leopard tanks and “state-of-the-art” air defense systems, Agence France Presse reported Tuesday.
The “winter package,” as the $1.1 billion allotment is being called, comes at a time when further American aid in the short-term has been cast in doubt because of hardline Republican resistance to such expenditures in Washington, and a day after NATO’s parliament pledged longer-range missiles for Kyiv.
The new aid shipment now makes Germany the second-largest contributor to Ukraine’s counteroffensive after the United States, and includes some of the defenses that Kyiv has been pleading for.
The package from Berlin includes two German-made IRIS-T medium-range missile systems and a Patriot air defense system, a longer-range weapon made by US manufacturer Raytheon, as well as 10 more Leopard tanks and three additional Gepard anti-aircraft guns. The shipment also wraps in extra ammunition, radar equipment and vehicles, as well as an estimated 60 guided missiles. ..."
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