Germany to halve military aid for Ukraine

YEREVAN, JULY 17, ARMENPRESS. Germany will halve military aid for Ukraine next year. German aid to Ukraine will be cut to 4 billion euros in 2025 from around 8 billion euros in 2024, according to a draft of the 2025 budget seen by Reuters.

The stocks of Germany's armed forces, already run down by decades of underinvestment, have been further depleted by arms supplies to Kyiv, the report adds. So far, Berlin has donated three Patriot air defence units to Kyiv, more than any other country, bringing down the number of Patriot systems in Germany to nine.

Although military aid to Ukraine will be cut, Germany will comply with the NATO target of spending 2% of GDP on defence in 2025, with a total of 75.3 billion euros.