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Germany's Scholz Urges Fellow EU Members To Increase Weapons Deliveries To Ukraine


German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (file photo)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (file photo)

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on fellow European Union members to provide more military support this year to Ukraine in its fight against Russia's full-scale invasion. Scholz made the call at a joint press conference with Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Friedman on January 8 in Berlin. "Arms deliveries to Ukraine, currently planned by most EU member states, are too small.... I call on our allies in the European Union to also step up their efforts in favor of Ukraine," Scholz said. Germany is the second-largest provider of military aid to Ukraine after the United States. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, click here.

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