I take no pleasure in posting this article from the German daily, Welt. While other NATO nations are sending military aid to Ukraine, Germany, a country of which I am very fond, is comporting itself in, frankly, an embarrassing fashion. They have sent 5,000 helmets to Ukraine!
5,000 helmets!
It should also be noted that it is Germany who is the main holdout in removing Russia from the SWIFT banking system.
The below article is translated by Fousesquawk. Please note, however, that while I was in the process of doing the translation, the online article was updated. New paragraphs were added, and some paragraphs already translated were deleted. Thus, the German reader will note differences between the translation and the updated article though the facts are not changed. I did think it was important, however, to compare what other European nations are contributing and the German "donation". Thus, this is a partial translation.
Two dozen nations promise military help-Poland calls German helmet delivery, "Joke"
Caption beneath photo:
In the morning, the Ukrainian president Zelensky reported in with a new video message. His morale seems to be contagious: Many Ukrainians declare themselves willing and want to defend their country with weapons. But the number of refugees grows.
Source Welt/Thomas Vedder
Ammunition, anti-tank weapons, rifles: Germany has ruled out the delivery of deadly weapons to Ukraine-and thus, comes under criticism. Several nations have decided otherwise, and aside from humanitarian aid, have also promised military aid. An overview.
Ukraine is sharply criticizing the German reluctance to deliver armaments. The Polish Minister-President Mateusz Morawiecki, is also urging the (German) government for stronger support. Germany must set aside its "self-centeredness" and its "egoism" and offer the Ukrainian people substantial help, stated Morawiecki on Sunday in Berlin for a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and the Lithuanian president, Gitanas Nauseda. "Nothing will stop Putin if we are not determined enough. This is a very historical moment (...) We have no time to lose."
The previous German armaments aid-military helmets, but no weapons- is far from what is necessary to help Ukraine in its self-defense, criticized Morawiecki. "What kind of help was delivered to Ukraine? Five thousand helmets? That must be a joke."
According to British information, in a donor conference for Ukraine, about two dozen nations have promised "military and humanitarian aid". Every option is being weighed on how to support Kyiv in its defense against "President Putin's groundless and illegal invasion," the British defense minister, Ben Wallace, announced on Twitter.
From ministry sources in London, the military aid from the donor nations includes ammunition and anti-tank weapons. Great Britain has also offered via, "logistical operations" to get the aid to Ukraine.
Overview of weapons deliveries
To date, Great Britain has made 2,000 anti-tank missiles available to Ukraine. Defense Minister James Heappey, confirmed in a BBC interview, that his country wants to send more weapons. Plans are also in progress to support a Ukrainian government-in-exile and in-country resistance should the Russian troops gain the upper hand, Heappey added.
Denmark announced on Saturday that it would send 2,000 bulletproof vets and 700 medical kits to Ukraine.
The Czech government approved weapons deliveries worth 188 million crowns (7.6 million euros) including automatic rifles and pistols, assault rifles, as well as pistols and ammunition. The weapons would be delivered at a location to be decided by the Ukrainian side, declared the Defense Ministry. Czechia had previously decided to give Ukraine about 4,000 artillery shells worth about 36.6 million crowns.
The Netherlands intends to deliver 200 air defense missiles to Ukraine. The "Stinger" type missiles should be made ready as soon as possible, the government declared in a letter to the Parliament. The Netherlands had promised to deliver to Ukraine, among others, rifles, ammunition, radar systems, and mine-sweeping robots. The Dutch government also announced that embassy personnel would be moved from the west Ukrainian city of Lviv to Jaroslav in Poland, due to the worsening security situation.
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Fousesquawk update: Voila! Germany is now saying they will send weapons to Ukraine in the form of anti-tank and Stinger missiles. That is a welcome development.
The EU is sending military aid to UKR
ReplyDeleteFrom where it will enter UKR ?
Who is sending the aid ?
Germany ! But is it NOT part of NATO ?
And from where will it enter UKR ? The Southern ports are all under Putin.So they will come from Poland or Estonia - BUT THESE ARE PART OF NATO !
Now,when the aid comes it Russian Jets bomb them or Drones shoot the convoys or the convoys are chased back into Poland and bombed in Poland - then ...............
Art 5 !
These drones flying in UKR airspace and bombing Russian APC/Tanks - are they UKR or ...................... NATO ?
Between Poland and Estonia - which NATO nation,will Putin choose 1st ?
Thus the Putin Nuclear Command is activated ! dindooohindoo