The German government claimed that Ukraine had received €28 billion in military aid. However, the data shows a much smaller amount. This was reported by BILD and reported by UNN.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has consistently emphasized that Germany supports Ukraine under attack by Russia with military aid totaling 28 billion euros. However, defense budget officer Ingo Gedehens accused Scholz of dishonesty: "This figure is extremely embellished!"
According to Scholz, "more than seven billion euros" will be transferred to Ukraine in 2024 as part of the so-called training initiative. However, Gedehans says that this is a deception as well:
This amount will be used to pay not only for assistance to Ukraine, but also for activities in other countries.
BILD has a copy of the federal government's response to the request of the Union's parliamentary group, according to which only 6.7 billion euros are provided for Ukraine under this initiative.
This means that another 370 million euros are missing. As a result, 21.7 billion out of 28 billion remains.
It is also noted that 28 billion partially includes promises and announcements for the future (including 2028).
If we look only at the actual aid provided, then, according to the Union, only 10.2 billion euros of the 28 billion euros will remain. This means: 17.8 billion in the Scholz bill is for future military support.
The Chancellor gives the impression that Germany has already provided 28 billion euros of military support to Ukraine. In fact, we have not spent even half of it yet.
Analysts also argue that all of this shows once again that the chancellor is primarily concerned with increasing his own credibility - and, unfortunately, too little is being done about Ukraine.