Construction of barracks to accommodate German troops in Lithuania, near the border with Belarus, began this week, according to the Financial Times, APA reports.
"The beginning of the project should have been a celebration of Berlin’s leadership role in bolstering European security more than two years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Instead, the occasion was eclipsed by a furore over shrinking military support for Ukraine that has displayed Berlin’s weakness not its strength," Financial Times wrote.
Over the weekend it emerged in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper that Germany will drastically shrink its bilateral defence aid for Ukraine from an impressive €7.5bn this year to €4bn next, and a measly €500mn in 2027. There is no money this year for any additional Ukrainian requests for ammunition or spare parts.
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