German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will host French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk for a meeting in the format of the Weimar Triangle created in 1991, which the countries are trying to revive after relations soured under Poland’s previous right-wing government.
Ukrainian forces are hoping to receive more military supplies from their Western partners, but so far they are struggling to combat a larger and better-equipped Russian army that is pressing hard at some points on the front line.
The European Union failed to implement its plan to deliver 1 million to Ukraine. artillery shells, and in the United States, aid to Kyiv has stalled due to political disagreements in Congress.
“We have to do everything we can to organize as much support as possible for Ukraine,” Scholz said Wednesday, pointing to what he said was a very practical question: whether there is enough ammunition, whether there is enough artillery, whether there is enough air defense and similar important aspects. .
He played down recent disagreements with Macron after the French leader said at a conference last month that the possibility of sending Western ground forces to Ukraine in the future should not be ruled out.
O. Scholz then said that the conference participants agreed that European countries would not send any ground forces to the territory of Ukraine.
Macron reiterated his position on Thursday, although he said the situation today did not call for it.
Germany, France and Poland are among the main allies of Ukraine. Berlin has become the second largest provider of military aid to Ukraine after Washington and is increasing its support this year, even as Scholz faces criticism for refusing to send long-range Taurus cruise missiles to the Ukrainians.
On Thursday, E. Macron called the war between Russia and Ukraine existential for France and Europe.
The three leaders are meeting as Russia begins a three-day presidential election that will almost certainly give Putin another six years in power.
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2024-04-09 21:14:43