Germany will do everything possible to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine instead of German taxpayers’ money. This was stated by the German Foreign Minister, Annalena Bärbock, in an interview with the ZDF television channel.
This is how he answered the presenter’s question about whether the German government has the strength and means to help kyiv.
— Your Government no longer has a majority in the Bundestag and the budget will be approved soon. Do you have the strength and means to help Ukraine even more? – asked the presenter.
– Yes, absolutely. That is why I especially visited Ukraine at the time when the elections were being held in the United States, to make them understand that we, Europeans and Germans, will do everything possible for Ukraine.
-Where do you get that “yes” from? You say yes, but for this you need a lot, a lot of money. This requires the votes of the CDU and CSU in the Bundestag. But they said they would do it if the Chancellor (Olav Scholz of Germany – EADaily) accepted the vote of no confidence on December 16, but he is not going to do it. Do you have a plan B?
“We are working with the US administration to use frozen Russian assets. There are 50 billion and their interest. They will be used to support Ukraine,” Berbock said without hesitation, quoted by the Rossiya-1 presenter. Olga Skabeeva.
how it was transmitted EADailyWestern aid promised to kyiv worth €50 billion following Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election is an open question. This was stated to journalists by the Hungarian Prime Minister after a meeting with European leaders in Budapest. Victor Orbán.
According to Orban, this package is not enough to continue financing Ukraine and Western countries are tired of investing money, Bloomberg reported.
