Schulz in Davos: “We will continue to help Ukraine as long as it is necessary”
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke this Wednesday at the World Economic Forum, which is being held in Davos (Switzerland). Russia has already failed miserably in its attempt to achieve its imperial goals. Ukraine is defending itself with great success and remarkable courage. The international coalition led by the G-7 is providing the country with financial and military assistance.” “Germany alone provided 12 billion euros last year and we will continue to help Ukraine as long as it is needed,” he added. But for the war to end, Russian aggression must fail. That is why we We are constantly helping Ukraine with large quantities of weapons in close cooperation with our allies. This includes air defense systems, such as the Iris T and Patriot, artillery and armed infantry vehicles,” added Schultz, whose government has been under pressure from its Western partners for days to allow modern tanks to be sent to Ukraine.
However, this Wednesday in Davos, the German chancellor did not announce any decision on the Leopard 2, the German-made tanks that Poland and Finland – which they have – want to send to Kyiv, even though both need permission from Berlin, the country in which they are being manufactured for export. . Warsaw and Reykjavík are precisely the two partners that have the most Leopard units ready to be quickly supplied to Kyiv. Asked during the time of the question about a possible shipment of tanks, Scholz defended that Germany is, along with the United Kingdom, the second country to support Ukraine the most after the United States. We support Ukraine not only with financial and humanitarian aid, but also with a lot of weapons. And he insisted that if we look at it, we are one of the countries that do the most.
“And we will continue to provide assistance in such a big way,” added Schultz, who spoke about the multiple launch missile systems that Berlin provided to Ukraine. The foreign minister, who cited the Iris T. missiles, said: “We will continue to deliver weapons to Ukraine that are very important for the Ukrainian air defense, this is our strategy based on joint communication with our allies. We work with them and discuss with them, and we will not do anything alone, but with them, especially with the United States And they are very important in this shared task of defending Ukraine’s independence and sovereignty. As I said in my speech, we will do it as long as necessary,” said Scholz, who also warned: “It is also clear that we will prevent this from becoming a war between Russia and NATO.” Atlantic”.
The German government has not, at least for the time being, taken the step of sending tanks to Ukraine because it fears that the image of its armored vehicles facing Russian tanks on the battlefield would represent a new escalation in the war. However, the UK already announced last weekend that it would give Kyiv 14 Challenger 2 tanks to help the Ukrainian military defend against the Russian invasion.
Ukraine has repeatedly claimed that the arrival of Western main battle tanks would give its armed forces enough firepower to push back Russian forces in decisive battles. Kyiv, which has suffered from the invasion of Kremlin forces since February 24, believes it needs about 300 Western tanks. Schultz said at the end of his speech.
On the same Friday, about thirty defense officials of NATO and their partners will take part in the Ukrainian defense contact group in Ramstein (Germany), the main US air base in Europe. (Country)
In the video that follows these lines, you can watch Schultz’s speech in Davos:
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