BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Ukraine Monday for a shock go to throughout which he’s set to announce arms deliveries price lots of of tens of millions, attributable to arrive in Kyiv earlier than year-end.
“I want to clarify, right here on the bottom, that Germany will stay Ukraine’s strongest supporter in Europe,” Scholz stated in an announcement. “In my assembly with [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskyy, I’ll announce additional arms price €650 million, that are to be delivered earlier than the tip of December.”
While Scholz has repeatedly harassed that Germany is amongst Ukraine’s prime army supporters, the center-left politician has additionally been campaigning on his refusal to ship long-range missiles to Kyiv, depicting the choice as proof of his “prudence” forward of the snap German election in February.