German chancellor blocking multi-billion euro financial aid package for Ukraine: Report Related news

Ramona Turcu

BERLIN German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is blocking a multi-billion euro financial aid package for Ukraine amid differences with his Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, the weekly news magazine Der Spiegel reported Friday. According to the information, Baerbock and Pistorius want to mobilize an additional budget of around €3 billion ($3.09 billion) urgently needed for further arms deliveries to Ukraine before the Feb. 23 general elections in Germany, however,