How has Germany's approach to military aid for Ukraine changed? | DW News

Germany has been heavily criticized in the last year for its cautious approach to supporting Ukraine. Kyiv and other western nations complained there was “Too little, too late” coming from Germany. Caution remains key for Chancellor Olaf Scholz, but he has loosened Germany's approach to wartime support to Ukraine.
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[@mariob7791]

I worked for 3 years in Germany in the 90s and I recall a joke in which one of the great challenges for a German is to be able to choose the best between two oranges in his hands. The associated decision process is always a long one when it is not avoided or swept under the carpet. But when a decision is eventually made, stay away from the liner's route!

[@eur6430]

It's a bit like Japan. A society resisting all change, but once change is decided, it is implemented fast.

[@bramster-b9v]

More likely the choice between two lemons. Vielleich ist dir der Spruch "mit Zitronen gehandelt" noch gelaüfig.

[@mariob7791]

@@bramster-b9v Daran habe ich auch gedacht, aber nach 30 Jahren ist die ganze Sache etwas verschwommen. Ich würde sagen, es könnten Äpfel gewesen sein. Oder mein Chef hat versucht, den Witz an meinen Hintergrund anzupassen! Das waren gute Zeiten, ich vermisse meine zweite Heimat sehr! Gruss!

[@bramster-b9v]

@@mariob7791 Ich kenne diese Deutschen auch nur vom Weghören und Wegsehen, aber du hast Recht sie haben in vielerlei Hinsicht die Ruderanlage der Titanic.

[@iamtesting3824]

@@eur6430 yeah it proves that we are all humans :) Japan is culturally speaking bits and pieces of everything. Adamantly refusing the changes like Germans and still keeping emotional side of Latin as well as the influence of Confucius to the society etc

[@First-Last_name]

Now can we get on France and Italys back to send weapons? They get no flack, but they have done less then Canada or even the Netherlands in terms of military aid.

[@TheDarksideoftheMoon360]

hope italy dont get involved

[@avinashs.m3213]

It's not a competition 😂😂

[@Electronite1978]

@@avinashs.m3213 Indeed there will always be freeloaders

[@Thinkingaroundthebox]

Each country does need to determine what aid they are able to provide Something to remember here is that much of the world has spent decades expecting the United States to protect them One of the biggest complaints of NATO from the far Right in the United States is that most NATO countries do not spend the 2% of GDP that the charter requires, because of expecting the United States to carry the bulk of the water when it comes to war Several countries are now ramping up their spending in major ways Between Trumps isolationism rhetoric and Putin's desire for empire much of Europe is now worried about their own defense I think Poland is up to 5% of GDP. They know that if Ukraine falls they have a bullseye on them as far as Putin is concerned If Putin could conquer Ukraine, less likely every day, he would have to decide if he goes for the smaller countries of Moldova and the Baltic States or the larger prize of Poland before they can build up their military further

[@Electronite1978]

@@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings Mind begs question. Why you use red herrings? Robber attacks a house, you start to talk about matters unrelated to the robbery. Maybe you first acknowledge the robbery and the fact that the robber is a criminal. Maybe after that you can widen the perspective to other robberies? Besides you can also ask why is it ok that this criminal is allowed to put nukes next to the border of it neighbors? Is there a reason or logic that makes it ok for this criminal to set limits to its neighbors but not versa?

[@bradcolby1]

I salute Germany, I‘m an American who lived there and enjoys visiting! 🇩🇪🤝🇺🇸

[@BingoPaletot]

The feeling's mutual! Hands across the sea! 🇩🇪🫂🇺🇲

[@bradcolby1]

@@BingoPaletot Danke für dein gut Nachtricht und Wünsche. Bis bald mein Bruder!

[@falloutking2819]

It’s so reassuring to see development amongst the German population. It is completely understandable historically wise why they hesitate on sending military aid. But it will still be nice to see German tanks rolling across Poland to Ukraine, only for democracy this time

[@crazylittlebigthings]

Thanks, Germany.

[@xdgs567z]

Proud of Germany…it has come a long way from a dark past to become the greatest defender against fascist Russia

[@Edevera1956]

Germany, thank you for your support! Freedom is not free and you continue to contribute the tightening the fibers of it. Please continue to support Ukraine.

[@dan_taninecz_geopol]

Germany has stepped up over time. Better late than never, and the shift in German foreign policy is massive from a historic perspective.

[@TMM-N]

Still buying russian oil and financing the war

[@benjo1960]

Putin's list Ukrain, Poland the East Germany next.

[@bb-6359]

@@benjo1960 I welcome them to try. You're delusional if you think Russia even holds a candle to NATO, especially in their current state. The Russians have for all intents and purposes been strategically defeated in Ukraine, and is currently in a stalemate against just Ukraine after losing major ground to their counteroffensives. What makes you think that they could even hold up to literally all of Europe and the US? It'd be a one-sided affair worse than the Gulf War was. Not to mention the spectre of total nuclear annihilation of both sides if such a thing occured. A smooth-brained Koala has more brain function than you right now...

[@iwannadance3070]

Germany stepped up from the beginning, but they first wanted to be independent on energy and after that provide more military aid

[@Zzzooooppp]

Germany still provides far less than Eastern Europe when you adjust for GDP

[@tajmajal4197]

Yes, we should support Ukraine.

[@46mrph]

Who is occupying Russia. Quick reminder, this is Putuns 8th occupation with most leading to annexation. I not need algebra to figure out 1 EVIL here

[@jennyohara4011]

why?

[@ihateidiots3880]

​@@46mrph that is literaly a lie.

[@workingTchr]

@@jennyohara4011 Glad _someone_ is asking.

[@Generalkatos]

And have Germany loose another war to Russia ? Sure it will look good in our Russian history books 😂

[@outrageouslycasual6819]

Fantastic to see Germany being awesome! Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪!

[@maritaschweizer1117]

It would be better if we support as much as Sweden per inhabitant or even as the Baltic countries. Absolute figures are not fair.

[@outrageouslycasual6819]

@@maritaschweizer1117 of course, we should all do as much as Poland or the Baltic states. But we are getting there, together we are stronger than Putins tyranny 👍🇺🇦🇸🇪🇩🇪!

[@minimax9452]

may be you should help us to investigate who has blown up nordstream first?

[@outrageouslycasual6819]

@@minimax9452 we do. It is being investigated, as it should. But let me give you a spoiler, that would be the Russians.

[@BingoPaletot]

Jag hälsar dig, vänaste land uppå jord! 🇩🇪🇸🇪

[@RAWGRIP54]

Will like to thanks the German people and the German government for helping Ukraine.

[@user-re1su6el4l]

Danke Germany 👍 🇰🇿🇺🇦🇩🇪🤝

[@vredacted3125]

Something important to know, for all who are interested in history and/or support Ukraine: Rus' ought not to be confused with modern “Russia”, which derives its name from the Rus' but historically is a completely different state, which almost all its existence was at war with the Rus'. Just like the Holy Roman Empire was actually Germany, “Russia” is actually Muscovy, despite their best attempts to convince everybody otherwise. Its name “Russia" received only around 1721, when Peter I simply changed Muscovy’s name into the “All Russian Empire” (Russia originates from Rosia, name used by the Greek Orthodox Clergy in regards to Rus') Under the reign of Cathrine II Muscovites where even punished for continuing to identify as Muscovites, and were forced to call themselves Russian. Lands that Russia (Muscovy) claims were part of the original Rus', but actually weren't, are Novgorod, Suzdal, and Ryazan, since in historical texts of XI-XII centuries they are mentioned as separate entities from Rus'. They can be considered parts of extended Rus', although their culture was distinct from main Rus'. In 1493, Muscovite duke Ivan III appointed himself to be the Great Ruler of All Rus'. No other kings acknowledged that. From that point on Muscovy started to make false claims on Rus' ownership. “Russia” is an offshoot of Ukraine and not the other way round, despite what Soviet and Russian (Muscovite) historians have been trying to say for years. A Slavicised Finnic, then later, Mongolized offshoot. Kyiv was a developed cultured capital when Moscow was just another swamp village. Germany used to call itself the Holy Roman Empire, that didn’t mean they became the Romans, and all of a sudden had a right to claim whole of Italy and its history, but yet, that’s exactly what Russia (Muscovy) did in regards to Rus'-Ukraine, which is a horrible injustice!

[@missesCarmenB]

🤣🤣🤣 Ohhh... the history of the great Ukraine in the minds of the Banderites.... Lets see, what has Ukraine achieved in the last 20 years? Becoming the Sex Tourism destination for European johns and pedophiles....being declared the most corrupt county in Europe....anything else? If indeed the Russians are an offshoot of the Ukrainians, they sure took the best with them when they parted ways looks like. At least they gave the world great literature, composers, painters, scientists, artists....

[@robmckrill3134]

If you are so up to date on history.. How come that you didn't mention that Moscow was designated as a city from Ukraine...? Kyiv or doesn't that matter about the truth?

[@missesCarmenB]

I'm no expert at all in the history of that part of the world. I've tried to learn, my understanding is that it all started with the Cossack from the Zaporozhye area (Ukraine) who call themselves Kazakhs in Russia. I've stopped my reading after learning about the habit of the Cossack to bury alive those committing crimes with the corpse of the victim. No wonder the descendent of the Cossacks in Western Ukraine had no problem committing so many atrocities, must be their genes.

[@oceanic8424]

@@sergueivergounov1961 What a brilliant retort. Brava!!

[@roberttomasovic6433]

When did Germany become a country/empire ? You're right, understand History before offering you're uninformed view, misinformed rather ! Remember there is always three sides to every story, Yours, Mine,. And the TRUTH !

[@belmont8792]

This report was very insightful.

[@PavolFilek]

Freedom and democracy from USA is not the same as f. and d. from CHina and Russia. ASSANGE can tell

[@adobo6905]

OLaf is saying we share our values with Ukraine. Mr. Chanceller do you support the values of one of the most corrupt countries.?

[@walkman1984]

your comment not very much.

[@PavolFilek]

@@walkman1984 U are west autocrat, so ...

[@JH-pv6rd]

Well done Germany! Sending respect and love from Lithuania ❤️

[@yycflames]

thank you Germany!

[@michaelrud9448]

danke shon) Iris-T also showing very good resalts

[@Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage]

+1 from sweden makes 3 now. Three cities with less fear.

[@maritaschweizer1117]

​@@Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage yes, Sweden is really generous for the small population.

[@kukulroukul4698]

@@maritaschweizer1117 Denmark and Canada were the FASTEST countries to send weapons too. Denmark came as a FULL SURPRISE to me ...bassically came from nowhere ! :)

[@maritaschweizer1117]

@@kukulroukul4698 it is fine if they were the fastest and sure speed is important but finally it is more important to keep the delivery high for a long time.

[@Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage]

@@maritaschweizer1117 OK let's bring the facts clear. Sweden owns two IRIS-T systems since 2016 and they sit on the fence since last year. The IRIS-T SLM are brand new system, not even the german Bundeswehr have these. Diehl defence produce 4 of them each year. The already given systems are fresh taken out of production. So according to small swedish population they are well protected and offered no help in the past. Don't throw stones if youre in the glass house.

[@anzelmasmatutis2500]

Russians are talking on heir TV about "Russia up to English channel". Anyone passively watching Russian demands/advances is helping Russians.

[@vbyssey]

The Germans are back - But a different Deutschland fighting its past ideology -

[@mirkoritter1976]

.. and it feels good to be on the right side of History!

[@zhufortheimpaler4041]

fun fact, germany has been the second largest supporter of Ukraine since last spring/summer. combined military, financial and bilateral aid of germany is only surpassed by the USA.

[@anonymerdude4501]

Germany is at the start of irreparably completely losing it’s identity. Just look at their schools… We will be completely replaced in a few decades

[@mirkoritter1976]

@@anonymerdude4501 allways the same.. a random dude belittling Germany.

[@MiSt3300]

Thank you Germany 🇵🇱👍🇩🇪

[@birhanetekleab8471]

Poland puppet western And poor country in East europe

[@Pointi69]

You are welcome 😊. Still a long way to go though.

[@Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage]

Thanks for lessons in "understanding ruzzia".

[@Volhaas]

The amount of russian trolls claiming germany sabotaged nord stream 2 is funny.

[@cameron6770]

They probably have a quota to fulfil and are just happy they haven't been sent to the front 🤣 Diligent little keyboard warriors, amiright? 😜

[@Habib_Osman]

Go on German channels! The overwhelming majority of comments believe Nordstream 2 was blown up by the USA.

[@Habib_Osman]

Or, in other words the overwhelming majority of "Russian trolls" are German, Dutch, English, Italian, Greek civilians like you and me.

[@First-Last_name]

Especially since Sweden and Denmark held an investigation finding "a strong likelihood of russian sabotage". I guess they don't care much for official statements if it doesn't fit the fantasy.

[@maninredhelm]

So far they've tried blaming it on the Americans, British, Norwegians and apparently now Germans. The goal is to poke the NATO jenga tower and see if there's any loose pieces they can find to break Western unity, get them to turn on each other and collapse the whole thing. So long as the Western unity to supply Ukraine holds, Russia can never get much further than they have and will lose in the long run. But in typical Russian fashion, they don't really understand how Westerners think, or the relationship of Westerners to their own governments, so they don't know how to convincingly execute such ploys on Europeans like they do on their own people and some former Soviet republics.

[@goodcitizen3638]

Germany has come to realize that the barbarians are at the gates.

[@TheKkpop1]

Barbarian has already stationed large troops on German soil. So don't forget to pay protection fee to mafia if you want to survive since 2ww.

[@First-Last_name]

​@@TheKkpop1 wait russians are stationing troops in Germany? Hopefully the Americans can kick these monsters back to the kremlin. First you russkiye bomb their pipeline, now this.

[@harmless6813]

@@WhatYouEatControlsYourBrain I've never heard the Romans referred to as barbarians. Probably because they weren't.

[@philliphall5198]

Yep hopefully they will do there part before putting is in Germany soil again

[@monikadale8961]

What Barbarians? The ones that are still occupying Germany and never signed a peace agreement like the USA? After 44 wars and killing millions of innocent people since WW2 it seams to me that many Americans are still ignorant not knowing what it’s like to live through a war🤮🤮🤮

[@jenson1896]

Well done Germany 🇨🇭😊💖🇩🇪

[@dirtyharry6297]

Would love to say same for Swiss, but…

[@VINLAND_777]

@@dirtyharry6297What did Switzerland do wrong?

[@dirtyharry6297]

@@VINLAND_777 Swiss rejected to Spain and Germany to re-export anti - aircraft ammunition which would help to defend against airstrikes ruining cities and people lives

[@TheKkpop1]

Well done, more Germans are suffering from wars.

[@jenson1896]

@@dirtyharry6297If you are not aware, my country is neutral, and we want to maintain our neutrality.

[@a5cent]

Well done Germany! I do think Germany has been criticized a lot more harshly than others who deserve the same. I think that's because people just expect more of Germany. People expect Germany to lead, rather than having to be dragged across the finish line. I hope Germany can take on that role. What NATO needs now is a very clear vision of where this should lead. Germany must make clear that NATO doesn't just want Ukraine to successfully resist, but to take back all their territory, including Crimea. We need the US, Germany and France to make clear that the goal is Ukrainian victory, not merely Russian defeat.

[@khiem1939]

NO, I and many others are OK with the Germans not wanting to be leaders, better that Poland becomes the new leaders in the EU, unlike the Germans, the Polish will never forget the decades under the Soviet Union or the Katyn Forest Massacre!

[@MichelT-jo6yu]

Europe has fallen into the trap of becoming highly dependent on US energy imports. The United States is the main beneficiary of the European energy crisis and the resulting “deindustrialization”. A deep recession seems inevitable in Germany.

[@polarstorm5986]

The title is missleading. The "now" part it is. Germany already was (since 2014)and still is the biggest supporter of ukraine with money and military equip in the EU, the 2nd biggest in the world with money and the 3rd overall.

[@maritaschweizer1117]

It is misleading to say second biggest suporter. In relation to GDP or population it is about place 15.

[@polarstorm5986]

@@maritaschweizer1117 It isn't, because it still is "more" than others. It doesn't matter that, as example, estonia is spending x% of theirs if that in the end means 2 guns, when as example germany, is spending 0.0x% of its and that means more than 2 guns.

[@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings]

Mind Begs the Question: To support,aid an Apartheid State Righteous,Evil?

[@ragnargrabson1287]

@@polarstorm5986 it is not more than others. Germans could help even more but they don't want Ukraine to win and Russia to lose. The long term goal for Germans is to save some kind of business as usual with Russia.

[@Pointi69]

I am not sure at the moment there is no making business with russia in a big scale. And Russia is becoming more unpopular in Germany every day. And yeah to make weapons is not that easy because you don't find enough people building the stuff. So making weapons is not very popular in Germany. Maybe it will change with time, if Ukraine is able to defend itself. But this isn t done in a few months.

[@uzithedreadpoet6777]

It is wise for Sholz to be not so vocal. We are dealing with very ignorant people after all. As long as Germany’s willingness to enforce it’s duty to democracy and, civilized humanity, remains undimmed.

[@msnptz]

The governments of European countries and the people of the USA are getting rich, and the peoples of Europe are getting poor because this is US policy. In Europe, production is not profitable because the United States is doing everything to sell its expensive shale liquefied gas. Under the pretext of fighting Russia, the United States promotes its interests in Europe. Europeans naively believe in an evil Russia and a good USA.

[@uzithedreadpoet6777]

@@msnptz unfortunate that you’d believe that Europeans could be so naïve, gullible, weak or, treacherous

[@bradchoi662]

Not just ignorant, leftist have no knowledge they are fooled by KGB and GRU, these all pro-Russki protest against arming Ukraine is all KGB setup, I am in the intelligence, but I cannot confirm these sources, but, anyone who is lean to Putin's side in Germany is just working for KGB.

[@blacky4947]

Germany needs peace with russia more than having the Ukraine in the eu

[@NewPipeFTW]

@@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings Are you refering to the latest russian mobilization statistics that prefers muscovites and punishe ethnic minorities and poor people from rural russia?

[@dwade2026]

The iron curtain is starting to close once again

[@TheYeti308]

Nice to see German cooperation .

[@Starship737]

Germany only existed till 1945

[@cephy8102]

@@Starship737 That might just be the most brain dead thing I've read in years.

[@minimax9452]

obedienca - Untertanengeist

[@Starship737]

@@cephy8102 u might be listening to ard, zdf,tageschau, spiegel too much..what i stated is hard fact and reality...just like sun rises in the East is hard reality one cant deny..the same goes for my statement about Germany..

[@ambrose816]

No time is late but let Germany start to do more from now on. Thank you for your support.

[@331SVTCobra]

A weak guy kept trying to open a stuck door by using a lever. His body-builder friend, Nate, showed up and just pushed the door open. The moral of this story is "better Nate than lever".

[@zhufortheimpaler4041]

germany has been the second largest supporter of ukraine (only surpassed by the US) since last spring/summer. ALOT of equipment other partners, for example poland, delivered was financed by germany.

[@ellisgreen1479]

took the Germans long enough to actually start sending help !? The USA and UK have been providing Ukraine substantially more than Germany......lol come on DW stop blowing smoke.

[@davidgallaway7012]

Fantastic Germany. Freedom and independence for all nations of the world. No nation should be controlled by another in the 21st century.

[@ryandonelson6067]

Thank you so much Germany 🙏 this is the right way for help 🙌

[@kathleen7825]

Thank You Very Much For Giving Voice To Truth 🙏🌎🌍🌏🙏💗🦅💙🇺🇦🙏

[@TheGolfdaily]

Germany should take this occasion to pay back their wrong doings in the 2nd WW to Ukrainian by Fully supporting them now just like the Polish.

[@paulshearer9140]

Scholtz is just not a war time leader. He's a peace time bureaucrat.

[@Call_me_daddy6]

thats right germans voted for him bcos it was before russian attack on ukraine. He´s a nice thoughtful guy,but not a war time leader

[@ludda42]

I applaud Germany for making drastic changes to supply weapons. However if you look at it from the perspective of what is actually needed to win the war Germany is not doing enough. Other countries are not doing enough either

[@wr1791]

I sure hope Germany is rebuilding their own neglected military too!!

[@ddshiranui]

The jury is still out on the new MoD, but at least he seems to have some solid plans. I think the biggest challenge is the red tape, which sounds like a stereotypically German problem; the procurement process really should be reformed.

[@wr1791]

@@ddshiranui they really don’t have time for red tape, Ukrainians and next Poles and Finns will be dying and then your to follow. Putin and Russia only understands strength and Western weakness has encouraged all this.

[@ddshiranui]

@@wr1791 I really doubt Putin would pick a fight with NATO, especially when he can't even get past Ukraine. Russia has lost incredible numbers of military hardware, and they no longer have Soviet-era industrial capacity to restock. Of course I would hope that Germany gets its military act together anyways; as a major European nation it has a certain responsibility after all.

[@wr1791]

@@ddshiranui likely, but NATO has been weakened by western nations like Germany ignoring there defense obligations for decades. China gets involved and the game changes entirely.

[@ddshiranui]

​@@wr1791 Keep in mind, those numbers are a bit misleading due to how western GDPs evolved. German defense budget looks static only if you look at GDP percentage points, but in real, hard cash - what you'd buy tanks with - it actually rose by 50% over the last two decades. Due to this, even just the defense budgets of Germany+France together easily overshadow Russia's. There is no weakness towards any regional opponent simply because the EU is the "biggest kid on the block". On a side note, even the UK employed accounting tricks to get to their 2%. GDP just isn't a reliable indicator of actual military power. The problem with Germany is more that the money often may not be spent in a smart way, or the budget ends up not being used fully before the fiscal year is up, due to what a mess the procurement process is. And China is much too far away to have a military interest in Europe; they would be looking at Asian nations like Taiwan instead. The risk there is of an economic nature, i.e. soft power projection, trying to get other countries to owe them in order to be able to call in concessions.

[@RussTillling]

Great interviewee!

[@diazvirdani1059]

*Russia🇷🇺 still occupied oblast Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Kherson, Crimea.* Russia must end occupation & keep peace!

[@ambrose816]

Germany please continue supporting ukraine because it is the right thing to do.

[@akochimgapo1410]

I know . I know . Germany never gets it at the first time. Take the dealings with China as an example. But once she gets it ,you are in trouble.

[@susansummers6891]

I was always told Germany had one of the biggest strongest weapons manufactures. But they act like they are running low now they see they need to help and are sending a lot .

[@jba.9385]

The Problem is that those weapons come from Army stocks. The German weapons manufacturers are strong but the German military is running on fumes. Thats part of the reason things like this take a lot of time. They need to make sure that the weapon systems the Military is giving away now can be quickly replaced. Tanks just take a long time to produce

[@robmckrill3134]

Germany better start building 1000s of artillery and tanks for the stability of the future...just saying, maybe it could become a eye opening event with what happened in Ukraine

[@KazimierzSurma]

Maybe it would be easier to find out about blowing up the Nordstreaam pipe first. And then shape the defence. Once Germany will decide who is their enemy and who is friend.

[@heyho4770]

​@@priapulida so Putin doesn't say YOINK. You don't pacify imperialists with words

[@bps7209]

@@KazimierzSurma we had our hand in on that one. 🇺🇸

[@robmckrill3134]

@@KazimierzSurma I'd would have blown it up if I had the ability...not one more euro to putin ever again...nothing ever

[@Jole30]

@@heyho4770 So we should bomb the US?

[@allo-other]

Good news, but would someone explain to the professor that the expression is "walk the talk" --- meaning "put promises into action".

[@lurker668]

Best Support is silent support.all this announcements of help are PR of gov that want to buy voters. Real help comes silently and not counted publicly.

[@toi_techno]

Well done Germany. Not supporting Ukraine is the same thing as supporting Ruzzia.

[@andretavares5424]

At last someone is doing something, even if it's just 1% of what is really needed to end this war.

[@Alfadrottning86]

what would be 100% of "what is needed"?

[@maritaschweizer1117]

It is meanwhile already 1.7 % of the anual spending of NATO. I guess about 5 % would be enough for victory and it would save us a lot of money in the future if Russia is defeated.

[@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings]

Mind Begs the Question: If in a World X oppose occupation - Heroes Y oppose occupation - Terrorists World Governed by - Righteous,Evil?

[@tomhenry897]

Year late and delivery in a year

[@pyroman2918]

@@Alfadrottning86 Thousands of tanks, APCs, SPGs, hundreds of jets, tens of SAM batteries, tens of millions of rounds of artillery ammunition etc.

[@joh8379]

I finally can say I'm proud of my country as well as of my government. Well done!

[@billybonds4449]

Well done Germany for their contribution of Leopard 2 tanks and other vital hardware to assist Ukraine in fighting off the tyrannical monsters from Russia. Deutschland Forever!!!!!

[@missesCarmenB]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lesliewoinarowicz7018]

Too late, too little as usual.

[@billybonds4449]

@@missesCarmenB Wait until the next batch of the pathetic Russian lambs to the slaughter meet the Ukrainian warriors in the shiny new Leopard 2 destruction machines.

[@billybonds4449]

@@missesCarmenB Russian Gobshite.

[@tomhenry897]

Not due til Christmas

[@Jbstation516]

It’s about time someone steps up..

[@sarabaako1355]

Thank you germany god bless slava ukraine

[@harryseldom6472]

Interesting how everyone is focusing on Germany yet absolutely no word about Greece which has the biggest number of tanks in the entire EU...come on Greece, you can spare a few !! Well done Germany for leading the way, wasn't easy but now that you are in, thank you for the support !! Long live Ukraine !!

[@Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage]

Greece already swapped BMPs to Ukraine and is still waiting for the promised Marder IFV from germany. A good reason to keep what they have.

[@harryseldom6472]

@@Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage Greece has 170 leopard 2A6, 183 Leopard 2A4 and 520 Leopard 1A5 and about 500 old US tanks...you tell me they can't spare say about 30 leopard?...

[@gehtdichnixan8561]

No, they can't. They're not exactly on good terms with their neighbour Turkey/Erdogan who constantly threatens to invade greek territory to annex it's islands in the agean sea.

[@maximilian2174]

Unfortunately, it is always the same. The poor American soldiers were told they were defending the homeland in Iraq and 500,000 children were murdered there. The same thing is happening in Russia. Sick world.

[@karna1897]

Long live Ukraine And Germany! Push back the murderers!

[@Luthies]

4:44 "The Ukraine" that's an oof.

[@vertice2759]

I mean there is such thing as hindsight, it would’ve been better if every country sent arms earlier

[@sgtcrash4775]

They had to wait for the winter to break before they could help further.. they needed as much energy as possible. Now they secured other sources of energy and don't need as much ..

[@331SVTCobra]

For those who don't know, during WW2 Germany's Tiger2 tank had a 40:1 kill ratio against Russian armor, and their Panther tank was considered the best tank in the world until the mid 1950s. (Some Panther tanks served in the early Israeli army.) Hopefully the Leopards can continue the German tradition of ventilating Russian armor.

[@chessiny7882]

Cite source. CoH forum? WoT forum? A fellow wehraboo?

[@GrandTheftChris]

@@chessiny7882 I'm not sure about Tiger2 but Tiger vs. T-34 had a ratio of 10:1. It's documented well and says everything about german tank superiority in ww2.

[@chessiny7882]

@@GrandTheftChris That's a better ratio than a 40:1 probablt against a T60. Against KV or IS-2? Good luck with that

[@Zzzooooppp]

Im not going to take any solace in Germany’s WWII performance

[@kkjkkj2584]

​@@chessiny7882 Gerrman also invented the first cruise missile v1 and the first ballistic missile the v2 rocket during WW2 by the way

[@importantname]

Lesson - depend or rely on dictators at your peril

[@qili3899]

In Korea war of 1950's, Soviet Union provided Chinese army his best jet Mig15 immediately. Compared with dictatorship, efficiency of western countries is just a joke.

[@TheKkpop1]

You're a joker when Soviet had taken much of Chinese territory.

[@frederickrose3967]

@@TheKkpop1 but he is still correct. ( Soviets helped the North Vietnamese too) Proxy wars are not new and they have not led to Armageddon .

[@TheKkpop1]

@@frederickrose3967 Did soviet occupy Vietnam land? Didn't poor Chinese also lend helping hand to Vietnam?? Was there a reason why Chinese break away from Stalin control???

[@dreb222]

@@frederickrose3967 the main point wasn’t to show the support, it was to bash western countries and their actions thus far on how they have supported Ukraine in this conflict. Dictatorship have one benefit, the ability to make and enact immediate decisions yes, but there are endless variables that even turn that on it’s head. Dictatorships are fueled by fear, not mutual cooperation, which cooperatively maintained social and governmental architecture can be and is more effective on every front if the leadership is there. Sometimes cooperation is messy, but it’s necessary.

[@Liboch]

@All Out Of Bubble Gum then usa themselves destroyed Afghanistan

[@luckyea7]

According to Breitbart, this year Germany has allocated 5.4 billion euros for military support to Ukraine, more than double the investment in 2022. Plus, Berlin has taken on new obligations and planned assistance for another 10.5 billion dollars in the future. Against the background of rising defense spending, Chancellor Olaf Scholz supported the idea of ​​cutting benefits for large families!

[@angeline12345]

Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 ❤🇺🇦✊🇨🇦

[@bookertee3057]

Good thing Ursula von der Leyen is no longer Defence Minister. Germany did not meet their obligation to NATO when she was Defence Minister.

[@chip2373]

Germany is very proud of how far it has come. Where would the Ukrainians be today had every country acted as quickly and decisively as Germany? I suspect awash in helmets and trapped in the world's biggest Gulag. It is premature to be high-fiving Germany for its efforts so far. We have a very long tough road ahead.

[@zhufortheimpaler4041]

within 10 days of the war, germany had delivered 16.000 anti tank mines, 6000 RPG´s, 3000 MANPADS, 1 million rounds of ammunition, 100k handgrenades etc. Plus 2 full NATO division level field hospitals with full medical equipment (from blood plasma coolers to full MRI Systems and high tech c ontainerised operating theaters that have similar equipment to a modern NATO army hospital), several hundret ambulances and field ambulances etc etc etc. Look up videos from the start of the war and from around 6-8th March suddenly every ukrainian squad had 2-3 german made RPG´s (Panzerfaust 3 and MATADOR), even in Mariupol wich was encircled and cut off by that point.

[@LetsBringThePain]

nice change from being one of the worst allies to one of the better ones but still much more should be done 🙂

[@santaclaus0815]

It's a bit silly to criticize Scholz' communication style. Of course, the media always want to know everything. But this is about security policy, not about agricultural policy, financial policy or environmental policy. Security policy is much more explosive. It may even be NECESSARY for the government to give little information to the public. The important thing here is that it is done RIGHT. That is much more important than the communication style. Perhaps it was one of these journalists who, on the night before Waterloo, urged Napoleon for more transparency and a clearer style of communication. In other areas of politics, such as the ones mentioned above, transparency can of course be demanded in a completely legitimate manner.

[@ddshiranui]

The comment has merit, though. By not communicating as much as more vocal governments elsewhere, Scholz has allowed Germany to attract some undue criticism which undermines its standing in the world. For example, the list of military goods transferred to Ukraine didn't go live until half a year ago, leaving journalists to speculate with incomplete information and the public with only half the picture, whereas e.g. the US and the UK used their contributions for popularity points from day 1. Yes, security is important, but so are foreign relations and international prestige.

[@gtrguyinaz]

Germany was slow and politically motivated to keep Russia nat.gas. Ow that it is gone, time to send leopard tanks and end Russian aggression..

[@danaperley3600]

Smart Woman 🤔Love My Germans

[@paulstuart551]

This is nonsense, Germany is the worst culprit for avoiding sanctions, their businesses sell to close Russian allies who then pass products directly to Russia. I note they didn't express any specifics, perhaps more helmets. The UK were the first to give long range missiles, Germany would impress by giving longer range & air power. The EU aspires to become a legitimate power apart from America but has shown no real commitment to Ukraine which buffers any threat from Russia.

[@Techinvestor567]

We took on more than 1 million Ukrainians, are more or less the biggest provider of military aid in Europe and the biggest provider of financial aid. It’s time our allies stop complaining and contribute their fair share. Any further criticism is invalid until the respective countries have done their part. End of the story.

[@ivans2618]

Thank you ppl of Germany for your support! Ukraine needs more weapon to destroy the regime of putin and stop global nuclear bomb threats 🇺🇦✌️

[@Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage]

A clean nice containment of Russia after the war is enough, Putler is elected by his own people, enjoy!

[@cgaud1n69]

This turn isn't some goodwill gesture of "western solidarity". This is all about money and future arms sales. This was forced on Germany as a result of Poland's HUGE military procurement deal with South Korea. The Koreans are willing to share their technical secrets with Poland by agreeing to build heavy military equipment facilities within Poland. This opens up lucrative opportunities for both Poland and South Korea to offer alternative hardware to the German and French arms manufacturers. Both France and Germany's reluctance to provide timely aid to Ukraine has made eastern Europeans question their motives and has shaken their trust in the Western countries commitment to provide military assistance to Eastern Europe during a hot conflict, when they need it most. Germany now clearly is stepping on the gas to mitigate the disaster of their own making by writing a blank check to Ukraine, but the damage is already done. I foresee Poland and German relations souring very quickly, but Poland sees this matter as existential. They simply cannot afford to miscalculate by leveraging their security solely on the disposition of foreign arms manufacturers who may not provide timely support of their equipment to avoid angering the aggressor country. Poland is 100% correct to go this route. If Germany isn't careful, they could kiss their future sales to former Eastern block countries goodbye.

[@AP-ei4jt]

Germany is forced into it 😂😂😂 this is a clown show.

[@NoHairMan]

Nah

[@maxgoeieman4776]

Man if this happened in SA my son would celebrate

[@PjotrII]

* Germans are a great people! The critique comes from a few facts... with ONLY giving a few thousand helmets, it could have been possible that Ukraine would not have existed today! With the SLOW movement, and constant caution, the same critique as above.... we don´t give tanks unless the US gives first.... all these are events that risked the existence of Ukraine. The second thing is that for decades, people, experts have warned not to become dependent on Russia, and what was done by Germany? Nordstream 2.

[@ms7703]

A distinction must be made: German people and a German government led by the infamous history SPD. Germany is a sensitive society but there is a strong group of Lumpen Pacifists, politicians paid directly by Kremlin, ex Marxists, beloved in Russia and all sort of junk.

[@roberttomasovic6433]

What friends you have, that destroy 40% of your gas revenue, the common German is paying for USA decline

[@maritaschweizer1117]

To some extend you are right, but on the other hand Ukraine also could not survive with the warm wirds of Boris Jonsohn. It was obvious that the war last long and just helping the first month is not enough. It is essential that rhe aid is increasing all the time. Thats the stronger signal than give a lot at the beginning and than reducing it more and more.

[@PjotrII]

@@maritaschweizer1117 Yes, I do NOT blame Germany alone, and claiming everyone else acted perfectly! I wanted to point out the facts that makes some (Ukrainians and other Europeans) be critical towards some of Germany´s slow moves. The Ukrainian independence rely on other nations to support it until it is free, not solely on Germany.

[@maritaschweizer1117]

@@PjotrII "until it is free" are the key words in your answer. Not just the first month are counting, more important is to keep the aid constant or better increasing.

[@s.m.1354]

Sorry for not providing a compliment yet. I’ve been busy myself working on some ‘sidebusiness’. Great feeling huh? Working together with everybody including the Israeli’s to combat evil. The Israeli’s are playing a major role, I’m extremely proud of our combined capability to adjust.

[@brianmansan]

I'm from Indonesia & last Christmas/New Year I had a chance to travel around Western Europe with my family for holiday (France, Netherlands, Belgium & Germany). I talked a lot with local people in every country/city/town we visited regarding the war in Ukraine (I was so curious about their opinions), and I can say that I have conclusion in general that they did not really want their governments to send more money/weapons to Ukraine. I'm even more surprised to hear that older people responded in more sarcastic ways when I asked their opinions regarding this war. I think the reality on the ground & people's opinions in general are quite different from their Governments.

[@babelhuber3449]

Depends on who you ask. My friends and me all support Ukraine and want to supply them with everything they need. Other people talk whataboutistic BS like ...but but but the Americans also did this or that, like two wrongs would form one good!

[@hhKJgf1M8a0rzt8hP]

Well I don't know what kind of people did you meet but normal, decent people in Europe all support the sovereignty of Ukraine and their fight against the aggressor. Democracy and freedom are our most valued treasures and we will defend them with everything we've got.

[@brianmansan]

@@hhKJgf1M8a0rzt8hP The people I talked looked like ordinary people in my opinion? in Coffee shops, Restaurants, Shopping Malls etc. They looked quite decent for me. I did this in Paris, Brussels, Antwetp, Rotterdam, the Hague Amsterdam, Dortmund, Essen, Dusseldorf, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stutgart & Munich. Are you saying that people in big European Cities are less care about the war in Ukraine than people in countryside ?? Because that is the impression I had from them. By the way, may I know where you are from ??

[@brianmansan]

@@babelhuber3449 May I know where you are from ?? Do you live in big City in Europe ??

[@hhKJgf1M8a0rzt8hP]

@@brianmansan I don't know but I know that there are no soldiers on the battlefield in Ukraine from Moscow and St Petersburg, only from poor regions of Russia. Why is that? Putin doesn't values the lives of people in countryside?

[@drcornelius8275]

Public support is going to be hard to keep going for a long time. NATO had better move fast or prepare for a Russian Ukraine.

[@ericgoodall7089]

The germans have come good.

[@romadolnyckyj1706]

Danke ❤️und Bravo 👍Deutschland 🇩🇪 🇺🇦🙏🇺🇦

[@wma2140]

The expert being interviewed should remember to refer to Ukraine as Ukraine, the country, not “the Ukraine”, a territory in the Soviet Union.

[@mdafzalurrahman7249]

How much money expending for this U S base and this war if half of that expend to make friend with Russia I think Russia become a good friend ,but this is there money can't use there own people or there development,

[@kevinfidler6287]

I don't believe history would have been kind to Germany if they would have shipped tanks and lethal aid on day one and Russia pushed further into Europe in response. None of us knew (not for sure) that Russia didn't have that ability.

[@jackthorton10]

Caution is sometimes needed, especially in war, less rash decisions make for consequential bedfellows

[@plainsaw3771]

They don't care about the pipeline

[@Ksgggg]

As Bojo said Germany was just playing other side but as the result didn't go as expected, germans are forced to do what they doing right now.

[@cyber_habanero]

LOL.

[@minimax9452]

the idiotic clown the british voted for?

[@dominichvara4481]

Sure

[@bigrob1887]

The world also needs to remember that Germany has be caught on the wrong side of history many times, and it's citizens are mindful of that, so of course it will exercise caution when it comes to supporting war efforts. Never forget WW1, Germany backed the Austrian Empire while Russia backed Serbia. We've been here before! Obviously not the exact same circumstances , but the over arching theme is similar none the less. War is War. Lessons learned...... Peace to Ukraine

[@pauldorfman701]

That has nothing to do with why Germany hasn’t helped. Germany is run by liberal girly men afraid of their own shadow. That’s the problem. Nothing like making excuses for weakness it’s the liberal way.

[@Feanor1169]

You mean it's citizens are actively propagandized to hate their own nation. Going to a tough sell now that certain global forces want to whip up the Germans to fight Russia. They made the same miscalculation here in the USA. They made the youngest generation hate their own country. Now no one wants to join up and fight their enemies.

[@Anri6547]

Many times? Tell me more pls…

[@bigrob1887]

@@Anri6547 I was referring to WWl/ll

[@BingoPaletot]

Many times? I think like, once. We didn't even start WW1 but were dragged into it by the Austro-Hungarian empire. Suffice to say that Germany didn't even exist as a nation until 1871.

[@pedrolplgm]

AHORA DICEN DENGUE EN RTVE NO ES BROMA.

[@wilfriedholscher7029]

Germany was way to close to Russia. The Nord Stream II Project for example. The ticky tacky course has cost lives in Ukraine and I can not excuse this. This approach has historical precedence. No Military support for War Regiona has been the Devise up to now. East Germany was and still is ethically closer to Moscow as Washington DC. The Right wing extremist Parties are trying use this as a Political wedge and polarize the Nation.

[@cyber_habanero]

Do you agree, that Germany is responsible for their own country, not for Ukraine? I think it was ok to deliver the 228 tanks and hundreds by exchange, plus now the 18 Leopards 2A6, but then not any more.

[@Pointi69]

Why should we be sorry to make business with others? And we don't need you excuse. And there had been enough other countrys making deal with russia.

[@Generalkatos]

😂😂😂 HOW CAN YOU NOT TALK ABOUT THE GERMAN PROTESTS AGAINST UKRAINE ????? right now Germans are protesting against Ukraine and against the German government 😂 Germany closes an empty pipeline to make it seem like “they turned it off” 😂 Russia already shut it off as Russia supplied it, but please pretend Germany shut it off 😂😂

[@rogerbrownreacts8528]

She is going to strain herself patting herself of the back.

[@scuffediceposeidon9178]

STOBBIT MR BURNS! WE GERMANS ARE NOT ONLY SMILES UND SUNSHINE.

[@921dgratias]

Germany is that one guy who doesn't like fighting coz he knows he did horrible things in the past. But his friends are using him and pushing him to fight calling him weak when he doesnt. Wake Germany they are not your friends if they are pushing you to wake your Darkseid for their benefit.

[@hhKJgf1M8a0rzt8hP]

Germany has no dark side, they are on the right side of history now and should be proud to be the leader in the combat against modern fascism.

[@minimax9452]

Great analysis - they always wanted germany fight russia to deminsh both of them.

[@Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage]

No Darkseid here. But thanks for your advice.

[@menjac1]

Of course when Russian tanks was in Germany they don't want them again there

[@EMP1RE917]

Western media forget anti war protests the tanks brought to Germany showered with roses,guys the world isn't blind the only one benefiting is the US Europe suffers in silence 🤐

[@paulgibbon5991]

Botski reported. May you soon be drafted.

[@hhKJgf1M8a0rzt8hP]

they have already started drafting trolls in some parts of Russia. If you are from Moscow don't worry, for now they only mobilise from poor regions of Russia.

[@cyber_habanero]

Might be a bot but he is right, 65% in Germany don't want to deliver more and more weapons. Also the prices rose a lot in EU/Germany, the 'sanktions' on Russia on the other hand, did simply not work, cause Turkey, Serbia, Hungary, Iran, India, China and the other half of the world don't care of them.

[@hhKJgf1M8a0rzt8hP]

@@cyber_habanero Don't trust the russian state media. Independent pools in Germany show more than 50% of people support helping Ukraine, around 30% are undecided and around 15 to 20% are against it. Mr. Scholz should explain to the people who are hesitant that by supporting Ukraine we prevent this war from escalating beyond Ukrainian borders and quite possibly into the NATO territory.

[@hhKJgf1M8a0rzt8hP]

@@cyber_habanero extreme left and far right in Germany are against supporting Ukraine because they have their own ambitions. It's a known fact that Russia has been financially supporting extreme groups across Europe for years, to sew division and to create chaos.

[@MrMarimero1234]

President Schultz is a great statesman. Thanks Germany for supporting Ukraine.

[@disanKh]

Olaf is the best Chancellor US ever had in Germany 🇩🇪 👌

[@minimax9452]

and Frau Baerbock…

[@edgarmcvoid304]

...what a UNIVERSAL RIDICULE...!?!?

[@minimax9452]

congratulatinr Germany - we are the most obedient vasall of USA. we damage our own economy and the future of our children for the strategical games of USA.

[@NoHairMan]

Someone's rather clueless about geopolitics wow.

[@rouz0]

maybe Germany do not want to be blamed for Ukraine loss

[@Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage]

They will be blamed whatever outcome it has.