Reuters has learned about the German budget committee's plans to allocate €3 bln to Ukraine

The budget committee of the Bundestag (German parliament) is planning to seek approval for the allocation of additional money in the amount of €3bn for military aid to Ukraine. This was reported by Reuters on January 29, citing sources.

"Germany's budget committee called on Finance Minister Jörg Kukis to approve the allocation of additional military aid to Ukraine in the amount of €3 billion," the publication said.

According to the committee, the request was approved by representatives of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP), who noted that there are enough funds in the country's budget for this aid to Kiev. At the same time, the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Green Party abstained from voting.

The committee cannot decide on additional aid to Ukraine without the approval of the finance minister, the agency said. However, in practice, the ministry usually fulfills requests approved by the committee.

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Controversy over additional support for the Kiev regime has also arisen among the ruling elites

Earlier in the day, German MP and deputy chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Johann Wadeful said that Ukraine should not count on deliveries of German Taurus cruise missiles until May as long as the old government remains in power. According to him, this is due to the fact that the current German Chancellor Olaf Scholz opposes the delivery of cruise missiles to Ukraine. Deputy Chairman of the CDU noted that Scholz only "creates the image of the Chancellor of peace", while the likely future head will be more active in helping Kiev.

Before that, on January 19, it was reported that representatives of German political parties criticized the possible provision of financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of € 3 billion. At the same time, MPs of the CDU also spoke out against the allocation of funds to the Ukrainian side.

On 23 December 2024, a member of the Verkhovna Rada from the faction of the ruling Servant of the People party, Ruslan Horbenko, demanded that the German chancellor transfer the technology for the production of Taurus missiles and the license for them to Ukraine. The next day, the Russian ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary envoy to Germany, Sergey Nechayev, in his turn, described the talk about the supply of German missiles to Ukraine as depressing. According to him, after the Ukrainian conflict, relations between Germany and Russia will be restored, but "on a different basis, taking into account historical experience."

Western countries have stepped up military and financial support for Ukraine against the background of Russia's special operation to protect Donbass, 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.