Germany will allocate an additional €100 million in winter aid to Ukraine
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- Oleksandra Opanasenko
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Germany will allocate an additional €100 million to Ukraine this winter.
This was stated by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock during her visit to Moldova, reports Reuters.
Baerbock said that in the winter, Russia is again planning to "make the lives of people in Ukraine terrible." In particular, the Ukrainian energy system suffers from massive Russian attacks — it still has a capacity deficit, and emergency and planned repairs are ongoing at energy facilities.
In June, the Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Halushchenko said that Ukraine needed additional means of air defense to repair energy facilities and provide the population with light in winter, when demand is highest.
The Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal said that it is impossible to predict how difficult this winter will be for Ukrainians, but it will certainly not be easier than the previous ones.
- Germany is one of the European leaders in military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. The Federal Republic of Germany handed the Ukrainian army Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 tanks of various modifications, IRIS-T and Patriot air defense systems, MARS II and M142 HIMARS anti-aircraft guns, Marder BMP and Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, a large number of armored vehicles, vehicles and much more.