{"id":373597,"date":"2025-08-26T00:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T00:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/373597\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T00:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T00:13:12","slug":"germany-discusses-ukraines-defense-needs-as-berlin-says-kremlin-doesnt-want-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/373597\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany Discusses Ukraine\u2019s Defense Needs as Berlin Says Kremlin Doesn\u2019t Want Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko and Germany\u2019s Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil discussed the financing of Ukraine\u2019s defense needs during a meeting in Kyiv on Monday, as Berlin underscored the same day that Russia has no interest in peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe talked about the key challenges Ukraine is facing today: financing the state budget, defense needs, and macro-financial stability. Continued cooperation with the IMF and partner support are critically important for us,\u201d Svyrydenko announced on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/t.me\/svyrydenkoy\/300\">Telegram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>JOIN US ON TELEGRAM<\/p>\n<p>Follow our coverage of the war on the <a class=\"inarticle_link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/Kyivpost_official\" target=\"_blank\">@Kyivpost_official<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides also discussed reforms and economic recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Svyrydenko presented Klingbeil with the Reform Matrix \u2013 an interactive tool that tracks more than 200 reforms and over 400 indicators on how those reforms are working, state news Ukrinform noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government is focused on steps toward deregulation and privatization. It is important to create conditions for the private sector to invest and rebuild industry, energy, and housing,\u201d the Prime Minister wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a spokesman for the German government German government Stefan Cornelius, said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is still not interested in peace, even after talks with US President Donald Trump in Alaska to make the first step towards a deal.<\/p>\n<p>Cornelius did say that at least beginning the process Ukraine was a \u201ca major step forward,\u201d the most significant step since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022, but said that \u201cdespite all the shifts in the positions of individual actors, it is becoming increasingly clear that Russia, as the aggressor, is still not really ready for a political settlement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                        <a class=\"col-10 col-sm-3 block-insert-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kyivpost.com\/opinion\/58775\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img-fluid post-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/61321d9b56b082821e90c17cf7701945.jpg\" alt=\"Editorial: Ukraine Is Europe!\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other Topics of Interest<\/p>\n<p>                                <a class=\"title-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kyivpost.com\/opinion\/58775\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Editorial: Ukraine Is Europe!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thirty-four years on \u2013 Ukraine embodies and defends Europe, whether some like it or not.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump walked away from those talks at a military base in Anchorage echoing Putin\u2019s position that a finalized peace deal was the only option, Germany and other European allies have rallied around Ukraine\u2019s preference for a ceasefire until details can be hammered out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly a ceasefire will ultimately underline Russia\u2019s seriousness in seeking peace,\u201d Cornelius said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump noted that any security guarantees from the United States to enforce a peace deal would not include ground troops, but rather providing air support was more likely.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump has arranged to send more air defense batteries to Ukraine in recent months, he has made it clear that the US would not be sending the sorts of multi-billion aid packages to Kyiv that the previous administration provided.<\/p>\n<p>The European Union, by contrast, over the weekend delivered \u20ac4.05 billion ($4.7 billion) in financial support to Kyiv on Ukraine\u2019s 34th Independence Day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The package includes two separate transactions: \u20ac3.05 billion (almost $3.6 billion) from the Ukraine Facility and \u20ac1 billion ($1.2 billion) from the G7-led Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration (ERA) loan initiative, backed by Russian frozen assets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Ukraine celebrates its 34th Independence Day, the EU sends a clear message: our solidarity with Ukraine is unwavering,\u201d the EU Commission\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_25_1978\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a>\u00a0quotes Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. \u201cThis new funding underlines our commitment not only to Ukraine\u2019s recovery, but to its future as a sovereign and democratic country.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In May, Germany\u2019s Bundesregierung, or federal government, calculated that it had provided just shy of $44 billion in aid to Kyiv since the start of the full-scale invasion. In recent months, the government has revisited the possibility of sending Ukraine its much sought-after Taurus missile, something it has thus far refused to do, worrying that its capabilities could greatly escalate the war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko and Germany\u2019s Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil discussed the financing of Ukraine\u2019s defense needs during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,1824],"class_list":{"0":"post-373597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-germany"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115092181406471541","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}