A trip to Berlin didn’t work either; Schultz’s disregard for Zelensky’s demands

According to RCO News Agency, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made his European tour last week with the aim of receiving new financial and military aid to London, Paris, Rome and Berlin; The trips brought more or less commitments to Kiev, but his main requests from the West, including the issuance of a license to use long-range weapons in an attack deep into Russian territory, were not realized.

“Bild” newspaper in a report referring to Zelenskiy’s trip to Berlin and meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Schultz writes: “During this trip, the president of Ukraine asked for an attack on Russian territory and quick acceptance for membership in NATO, but both of Zelensky’s requests It was met with the indifference of the German chancellor.

This German media continues to emphasize this issue: “President Zelensky’s demands went unanswered in Berlin, and Schultz absolutely did not say no to this president’s request, but on the other hand, he did not give a positive answer either.”

Ukraine will enter the third year of war in February 2025, and the country’s situation is now more difficult than before. The Ukrainian army is losing its forces in the east, and despite the unexpected attacks on Russia’s “Kursk” and the many weapons it receives from the west, it is unable to maintain its positions, and the Russian forces continue to advance in the Donbass, although with little gains. they give

During his trip to Berlin, the President of Ukraine received another aid package worth 1.4 billion euros, and the German Chancellor pledged to continue supporting Kiev.

Germany also recently sent a new military aid package worth 600 million euros to Ukraine, and this package includes IRIS-T air defense systems, combat infantry vehicles, battle tanks, self-propelled howitzers, ammunition and drones.

“By the end of this year, with the help of our partners Belgium, Denmark and Norway, we will send another military aid package worth 1.4 billion euros,” Schultz said in the meeting.

More than 2 and a half years have passed since the war in Ukraine and there is still no prospect of peace in this country. This is while some Western countries, especially the United States of America, insist on sending financial and military aid to Kiev instead of focusing on diplomatic solutions to resolve this conflict, and on the other hand, Russia has repeatedly pointed out that the continuation of such a process will only prolong this war. does

German aid to Ukraine will be reduced?

These statements and announcements regarding the continuation of Berlin’s military aid to Kiev until the end of this year have been raised while “Bild” newspaper in the latest report, referring to what the German army (Bundeswehr) has announced, writes that the army of this country has more than this “equipment” will not send large-scale military” to Ukraine.

This German newspaper, citing the German Ministry of Defense, emphasizes that the Ukrainian army is unable to carry out a counter-attack in the near future, and apparently this German decision was made in line with the country’s assessment of the absence of a counter-attack from the Ukrainian side.

Since the beginning of Russia’s military operations in Ukraine (February 24, 2022), Western countries, including Germany, as the second supporter of Kyiv after the United States, have sent extensive financial aid and military equipment to Ukraine.

“Bild” also writes in this report that the German army plans to stop sending weapons such as Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine.

This report of the German media and what the German army announced is in contradiction with Schultz’s recent statement that “we will not reduce our support to Ukraine”, and it is not exactly clear the direction of German aid to Ukraine in the future, especially in the year In which direction will the future move and in what position will it be?

Biden’s excuse for canceling the “Rammstein” meeting

“France 24” News channel reported on Saturday that the president of Ukraine is seeking new financial and military aid from his European allies due to the fear of a reduction in aid if former president Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election.

A meeting between Ukraine’s allies was supposed to be held at Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Saturday, but this meeting was also postponed after US President Joe Biden canceled his trip due to Hurricane Milton.

“Bild” newspaper writes in this regard: “President Biden’s decision to cancel the Ramstein meeting due to Milton’s storm is just an excuse.”

This German media emphasizes: “The main reason for the cancellation of this meeting is that the American president does not want to talk about the conflict in Ukraine on the eve of the US presidential election, which is scheduled to be held on November 5th (November 15th).”

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