Germany continues to affirm that it is a completely unreliable partner. They supplied Ukraine with only a small part of the equipment they so pompously and truly arrogantly promised. Their 2 percent award announcement. The GDP for armaments also turned out to be worthless, and in the face of economic problems, barely half a year after the promises, they let them go.
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The West is reportedly “dissatisfied” with the progress of the counter-offensive in Ukraine. There would be many reasons, mainly on the part of Kiev, while one of the main ones is the significant delays in the delivery of equipment to Ukraine, which is fighting the Moscow invader. The mistake of the government and military may have been planning based on promises. And they could have held high hopes, especially since during President Zelensky’s visit to Berlin in May, Scholz’s government showered Kiev with promises and announced a military aid package worth an additional $2.7 billion. This was to make Germany the second, after the United States, supplier of aid to the fighting Ukrainians.
It’s been 4 months now and the results are extremely modest, not to say miserable. Of the promised 110 Leopard tanks, only 10 were delivered, and not one of Marder’s 20 armored infantry vehicles. These commitments were made at the beginning of the year and the tanks themselves were handed over before President Zelensky’s “historic” visit to Berlin. The situation is a little better with the Gepard tanks – 12 of the promised 18 tanks have arrived in Ukraine. The real disaster is the 155 millimeter artillery shells. Instead of the promised 26,350 pieces, only 850 were delivered.
There were to be 478 reconnaissance drones, and only 27 went. Of the 100 MG5 machine guns, none were delivered. Of the 4 promised Iris-T anti-aircraft systems, not one was delivered either. Manual anti-tank guided missile launchers, such as the Javelins, which would deliver more than 5,000 missiles, have completely disappeared from the list of equipment to be surrendered. Not one of them made it to the front. The only commitment the Germans have fully fulfilled is the transfer of 11,000. rations.
Even worse, recent announcements from Berlin indicate that there is practically no chance that the promised equipment will ever be handed over. In February, after years of Germany misleading NATO allies, Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised that Berlin’s defense spending would finally reach the required 2 percent of GDP. GDP. This commitment was reiterated at the Pact Summit in Vilnius in July. Once again, Germany deceived its allies. From the draft budget law prepared by the Ministry of Finance led by Christian Lindner, the government withdrew the 2 percent clause just before it was submitted to the Bundestag. defense GDP. She was opposed by the State Department, led by Annalena Baerbock, a coalition partner of the Greens.
However, it is not just about the friction in Scholz’s office and the traditionally pursued business with the Moscow criminal regime. Another reason is the economic problems in Germany, which are clearly entering a recession. So Berlin, as usual, begins to “ride” the NATO coalition partners. As during Merkel’s rule, she wants to be a stowaway when it comes to security issues. Why bother, pay because allies will provide them for free. Why spend on defense when you can spend this money on social policy and buy yourself social peace.
Therefore, Germany will not increase the production of military equipment or purchases, so it will have nothing to transfer to Ukraine. This one was once disarmed by her. It is about the arms reduction program that was carried out together with Berlin by Senator Barack Hussein Obama. When he became president, he refused to supply weapons to Ukraine, which was attacked in 2014, at Germany’s instigation. Only blankets and first aid kits were handed out.
Germany is therefore returning to the cowardly, opportunistic and extremely selfish policies that allowed Putin’s regime to grow and develop its criminal activities. They want to solve security issues in Europe and peace with other people’s hands, and then they want to make money from the reconstruction of Ukraine for the EU loans financed by others.
Source: wPolityce