German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has blocked a proposal for an additional military aid package for Ukraine worth 3 billion euros ($3.09 billion), Spiegel reported on Jan. 9, citing its undisclosed sources.

"Defense Minister Boris Pistorius wants to mobilize an additional budget of about EUR 3 billion for urgent weapons supplies to Ukraine before the federal elections on February 23. But Olaf Scholz's office is slowing down plans for additional military aid," the article says.

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Germany's defence and foreign affairs ministers have proposed granting an additional three billion euros in military aid to Ukraine. However, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz opposes the initiative and is blocking aid to Kyiv,

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has stopped a proposed €3 billion military aid package for Ukraine, which had been pushed by Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, according to sources cited by Der Spiegel.

Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair made the corresponding statement after the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Ramstein, Germany. Most of the funds will be spent on artillery shells. “Ammunition remains one of Ukraine's key priorities,

Poland is preparing a new military aid package for Ukraine. Additionally, Kyiv will receive new batches of tanks as part of the corresponding coalition, according to a statement by Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz during the Ramstein meeting.