How much has Germany spent on military aid to Ukraine so far? As per kielinstitute's Ukraine Support Tracker, the European Union had surpassed the U.S. in total commitments for Ukraine, with Germany ranking in second place. DW's Frank Hofmann explores.
In November, they found that the European Union had surpassed the United States in total commitments for Ukraine, with Germany ranking in second place.
That is especially difficult for Germany. During the past 10 months of the war, Berlin has contributed military equipment from Bundeswehr stocks which had long since been taken out of service or written off — and so it had no current valid monetary value. An example is the anti-aircraft Gepard tank, which dates back to the Cold War.
The Ukraine Support Tracker lists the value of past military aid and further pledges from Germany as more than €2.3 billion, while the German government's list from the beginning of December puts that figure at €1.9 billion. The real figure could actually be even higher, said Frank.Image: Jens Krick/Flashpic/picture alliance
The Russian army has been attacking the Ukrainian energy system with heavy shelling every week in the past few months. One IRIS-T missile costs $616,000 on the world market.
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