Military powers agree to step up purchase of ammunition for Kyiv in effort to dampen mutual tensions over Russia stance
In an ostentatious show of unity designed to ease the tensions between France and Germany over the threat posed by a resurgent Russia, leaders of Europe’s three leading military powers agreed to step up the worldwide purchase of ammunition for Ukraine and improve their offer of long-range artillery.
Tusk, just back from meetings with Joe Biden in Washington, urged all sides to talk less and focus on providing more weapons. He said: “The meeting shows that the malicious rumours about the disagreements between the capitals are not correct.” Tusk said: “We want to spend our money, we want to help in every possible way … here and now, so that the situation of Ukraine in the coming weeks and months gets better, not worse.”
Quoting Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle at various points, he said: “The security of Europe and the French is at stake in Ukraine. If Russia wins, the lives of the French change and Europe’s credibility is reduced to zero. Who can think that Vladimir Putin will stop there?” Scholz, with the backing of the Bundestag, has said he was concerned the Taurus missiles would either need to be operated by the German military inside Ukraine, or would be used to stir a war waged inside Russia. Workarounds and missile swaps have been proposed privately, both by the British foreign secretary, David Cameron, and by the German foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock.
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