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Germany pledges almost $3bn in new military aid to Ukraine

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz descends from a German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun — Flakpanzer Gepard — during a visit to the training programme for Ukrainian soldiers in Putlos near Oldenburg, Germany, in August 2022 [File: Axel Heimken/pool via Reuters]

Germany will provide Ukraine with additional military aid worth almost $3bn, including tanks, anti-aircraft systems and ammunition, the government announced ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s arrival in Berlin.

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Saturday that Berlin wanted to show, with its latest military aid package worth 2.7bn euros ($2.95bn), “that Germany is serious in its support” for Ukraine.

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