Scholz in his New Year's address said he would continue to support Ukraine

Germany will continue to provide assistance to Ukraine. This was stated by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in his New Year's address.

"I assure you that we will not leave Ukraine alone and will continue to support like no one else in Europe, and that in doing so we will keep our cool," TASS quoted the text of the speech as saying.

Scholz noted that Germans are following the conflict in Ukraine with a "sense of growing anxiety."

The chancellor also emphasized that these are hard times in which we need to be united.

"We are not a country of mutual opposition or indifference towards each other, but a country of being together. And from this we can draw strength, especially in times as harsh as these. <...> Given such concerns, it is not surprising that many people wonder how things will continue to go in Germany. My answer to this is that our cohesion makes us strong," he explained.

Among the difficulties, Scholz cited the fact that life is becoming more expensive. According to the Chancellor, the future of Germany is determined by its citizens.

"During discussions, it can sometimes seem that the more radical the opinion, the more attention. But it is not the one who shouts the loudest who determines how things will be in Germany, but the vast majority of reasonable and decent people," he added.

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Earlier, on December 28, Ukraine's former ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk put forward a demand to the FRG to allocate at least €20 billion in annual financial aid to Kiev. He specified that Germany had allocated multibillion-dollar aid since the beginning of the conflict, but it was not enough.

Before that, on December 23, the German authorities together with Denmark allocated a new aid package to Ukraine, including 15 Leopard 1A5 tanks with spare parts. Germany also transferred to Ukraine two Gepard self-propelled air defense systems with spare parts, 65,000 ammunition for Gepard self-propelled air defense systems and two TRML-4D radar stations.

On November 26, German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock said at a meeting of G7 foreign ministers that Germany was ready to transfer two more IRIS-T systems to Ukraine. One of them will be medium-range and the second will be short-range, the equipment should be delivered in December.

Western countries have stepped up military and financial support for Ukraine amid Russia's special operation to protect Donbas, which was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022, after the situation in the region worsened due to shelling by the Ukrainian military.