Germany Throws a Wrench in Ukrainian Defense, Blocks Transfer of Soviet-Made Howitzers
Germany, a partner with Russia in the controversial NordStream Pipeline, has blocked Ukraine from receiving military support from the Baltic nation of Estonia. Estonia wanted to send weapons that originally came from…
🇩🇪Germany, a partner with 🇷🇺Russia in the controversial NordStream Pipeline, has blocked 🇺🇦Ukraine from receiving military support from the Baltic nation of Estonia.
Estonia wanted to send weapons that originally came from 🇩🇪Germany to 🇺🇦Ukraine, but 🇩🇪Germany, which has also refused to share any of its weapons with 🇺🇦Ukraine, refused, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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pipeline project to ship natural gas under the Baltic Sea. That was stymied when former President Donald Trump was in office but moved forward after President
🇩🇪Germany now stands alone as one of the few North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries refusing to assist 🇺🇦Ukraine as fears grow that 🇷🇺Russia will use the troops surrounding three sides of 🇺🇦Ukraine to launch an invasion.
“Blocking arms exports at a time when 🇺🇦Ukraine is facing invasion is not a good policy,” said Gustav Gressel of the European Council on Foreign Relations — a pan-European think tank.
“🇩🇪Germany, they have a lot of hesitation to deliver to us,” 🇺🇦Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said.
🇺🇦Ukraine’s ambassador to 🇩🇪Germany, Andrij Melnyk, said Germany has a blood debt it should pay.
“This responsibility should be toward the Ukrainian people, who lost at least 8 million lives during the Nazi occupation of 🇺🇦Ukraine,” he said.
But 🇩🇪Germany said it is simply doing business as usual by rejecting the call for helping 🇺🇦Ukraine.
“Our restrictive position is well known and is rooted in history,” Annalena Baerbock, 🇩🇪Germany’s foreign minister, said.
Estonia is not giving up.
“Hopefully, we will get the approval from 🇩🇪Germany,” said Kristo Enn Vaga, an adviser to the Estonian defense minister. “Estonia has shown that we want to help 🇺🇦Ukraine in practical terms in any way we can.”
Estonia wants to send the D-30, a howitzer that fires a 122-mm shell around 20 kilometers. The Soviet-made howitzers were passed along from the former East 🇩🇪Germany to Finland to tiny Estonia.
Although 🇩🇪Germany said it will not send weapons, it did indicate it will help 🇺🇦Ukraine by sending a field hospital to treat the casualties that may arise, according to Reuters.
