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.

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

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.

The latest aid package, drawn from existing weapons and equipment stockpiles within the Department of Defense, will provide Kyiv with air defense missiles; air-to-ground munitions; and equipment to support Ukraine's use of F-16s.

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.