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Scholz blocks 3 billion euro package for Ukraine

Scholz blocks 3 billion euro package for Ukraine

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz blocked an additional €3 billion aid package for weapons for Ukraine, according to a local media report.

The plan, revealed by Spiegel, was presented by Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock of the Greens and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius of Scholz's Social Democratic Party. It sought to provide Ukraine with critical weapons systems, including three additional Iris-T air defense batteries, 10 howitzers and more artillery ammunition.

According to the report, the aid package was developed shortly after the coalition government fell in November, with Baerbock and Pistorius aiming to secure parliamentary approval for the funding before February's snap federal election.

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