{"id":1072,"date":"2025-01-15T00:07:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T00:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/germany-continues-talks-on-3-billion-aid-package-for-ukraine-pistorius-says\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T00:07:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T00:07:53","slug":"germany-continues-talks-on-3-billion-aid-package-for-ukraine-pistorius-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/germany-continues-talks-on-3-billion-aid-package-for-ukraine-pistorius-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany continues talks on $3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Pistorius says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/PistoriusRamstein.jpg\" alt=\"Germany continues talks on $3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Pistorius says\"><\/p>\n<p>The German government is still discussing a proposed 3 billion euros ($3.09 billion) aid package for Ukraine, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Jan. 14, according to Ukrinform.<\/p>\n<p>Pistorius, who made an <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/german-defense-minister-arrives-in-kyiv-to-discuss-ukraine-aid\/\">unannounced visit<\/a> to Kyiv, met with Ukrainian officials to discuss defense industry cooperation, including boosting joint ventures and direct procurement of Ukrainian defense production with European funds.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have prepared everything we need, but we are still in the process of negotiations within the government because there is still the issue of funds that are not yet available because there is still no budget,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.ua\/rubric-polytics\/3948469-pistorius-vse-neobhidne-dla-dopomogi-ukraini-na-3-milardi-gotove-urad-obgovorue-finansuvanna.html\">Pistorius<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>Pistorius assured that Germany\u2019s support for Ukraine would remain &#8220;reliable, unwavering, committed, and energetic&#8221; regardless of the outcome of Germany\u2019s Feb. 23 elections.<\/p>\n<p>On Jan. 9, Der Spiegel reported that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz blocked an additional military aid package, allegedly arguing that the 4 billion euros ($4.1 billion) already allocated for 2025, along with funds from a $50 billion G7 loan financed by frozen Russian assets, should suffice. Pistorius denied the report, stating that no final decision on the funding had been made.<\/p>\n<p>Germany, under Scholz\u2019s leadership, has become Ukraine\u2019s second-largest military donor after the U.S., though Scholz has faced criticism for his cautious stance on key issues, including his refusal to supply Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/russian-troops-overrun-kurakhove-approach-pokrovsk-from-east-south-and-southwest\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">Russian troops overrun Kurakhove, approach Pokrovsk east, south, and southwest<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">Russia keeps on advancing in eastern Donetsk Oblast, taking hold of Kurakhove, which would become the first major town to fall into Russian hands in 2025. Russian troops are continuing to push on the Lyman, Siversk, Kramatorsk, Toretsk, Pokrovsk and Kurakhove axes, Ukraine\u2019s General Staff said in i\u2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/size\/w256h256\/format\/png\/2023\/03\/K-new.svg\" alt=\"Germany continues talks on $3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Pistorius says\"><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">The Kyiv Independent<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Kateryna Denisova<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2190608033-8.jpg\" alt=\"Germany continues talks on $3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Pistorius says\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p> &#8211; https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraine\/rss\/<\/p>\n<p>This article appeared on the websitekyivindependent.com<br \/>\nThis article is taken based on Law no. 8\/1996 of Romania. News does not enjoy copyright, so they can be taken, this is our right to take news and information in its entirety and distribute them further. The content was made available to us through the rss mechanism<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/german-government-continues-discussions-on-providing-ukraine-with-aid-worth-3-billion-pistorius-says\/\">Original Content<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The German government is still discussing a proposed 3 billion euros ($3.09 billion) aid package for Ukraine, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Jan. 14, according to Ukrinform. 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