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1/19/22

EU-US relations - disagreement on Ukrain policy: Why Germany refuses weapons deliveries to Ukraine

Germany and its allies are struggling to agree on a response to Russia's unclear intentions. German policymakers, including within the three-party coalition government, are also debating among themselves.

On Tuesday, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, of the Social Democrats (SPD), said Russia would pay a "high price" in the event of an invasion of Ukraine. On Wednesday, Scholz reiterated that silence on the issue of Ukraine was not an option. His foreign minister, the Greens' Annalena Baerbock, has made similar expressions of solidarity with Ukraine but rejected its latest request for weapons deliveries.

Read more at: Why Germany refuses weapons deliveries to Ukraine | Germany | News and in-depth reporting from Berlin and beyond | DW | 19.01.2022

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