The German Ministry of Defense asks the government for another 3.8 billion euros to help Ukraine

The German Ministry of Defense has asked the government for an additional 3,800,000,000 euros to help Ukraine.

The newspaper Bild am Sonntag learned about this and reported this to its readers, citing information provided by its own sources.

Please note: of the 7.1 billion euros previously allocated by the German government to support Kyiv, almost all the funds have already been distributed.

Only 300 million euros remained – for the purchase of new weapons or ammunition.

Pistorius meetings

As the TASS agency has become familiar with the publication of the newspaper, on May 15, the head of the Ministry of Defense Boris Pistorius met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

The next day, Pistorius had a conversation with Finance Minister Christian Lindner.

As a result of these meetings, it became known that there was an agreement to send a request for the allocation of additional funds to parliament (which must be approved) in June.

According to Bild am Sonntag, the Ministry of Finance sent a signal that it gives the go-ahead for the allocation of the requested money.

Germany must not fail in strengthening Ukraine’s defenses. If possible, we should supply more weapons this year,” the ministry noted.

And then they added: if consensus is reached in the government, then a solution will be found “in the current financial year.”

Record amount

At the same time, the newspaper claims that the situation with the budget for next year is becoming more and more difficult.

Thus, Pistorius announced additional expenses for the country’s Armed Forces in the amount of 6.7 billion euros.

The German Ministry of Defense has budgeted a record amount of 15 billion euros for assistance to Kyiv.

Previously, Germany was the homeland of 7 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers: they had Nazi symbols.