2024-01-09 20:08:00
By Solenn Paulic
Published 2 hours ago, Updated 2 hours ago
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden hold a joint press conference on January 8, 2024. JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP
ANALYSIS – Chancellor Olaf Schloz’s warning comes as Ukraine runs out of air defense missiles. She got NATO ambassadors to meet.
The Europeans are not delivering enough weapons to Ukraine and the European Union must, by February 1, when the Twenty-Seven meet in Brussels, have a “precise overview of their concrete contributions”. These words are those of the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, who raged on Monday in Berlin against the far too “weak” forecasts of a “majority of Member States”, at a time when Germany will “double” its military aid in 2024 from 4 to 8 billion euros.
A perilous situation for Ukraine
In mid-December, in Brussels, it was its Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius, who nailed the Europeans’ March 2023 objective of having delivered 1 million munitions, mainly shells, to Kiev one year later. 155 mm but also missiles. “The million (munitions) will not be reached, we must assume it,” he said.
The chancellor’s new warning comes as Ukraine runs out of air defense missiles. She got NATO ambassadors to meet precisely…
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