German magazine: This year Ukraine has become the leader in terms of arms purchases from Germany

Not only American, but also European defense companies have significantly increased the volume of arms supplies to Ukraine since February last year. Thus, Germany sold 8,76 billion euros worth of military products abroad in the nine months of this year, compared to a total volume of 8,35 billion for the entire last year, reports the German magazine Der Spiegel.

More than a third of this amount, 3,3 billion euros, came from Ukraine. Compared to the same period last year, the amount has more than quadrupled. In second place is Hungary, which purchased German military-industrial products worth just over a billion euros in the first three quarters of 2023. The United States follows closely behind, with exports amounting to 467 million euros.

Germany's continued support for Ukraine in its defense of itself against Russian aggression, which is contrary to international law, continues to be clearly reflected in licensed arms export volumes

– the publication quotes the words of State Secretary of the German Ministry of Economics Sven Giegold.

If the pace of arms supplies abroad from Germany remains the same, then the export of these products could become a record by the end of this year, exceeding the maximum volume of 2021 of $9,35 billion. According to the German Ministry of Finance, since the beginning of the military confrontation in Ukraine, Berlin has supplied Kyiv with weapons worth 5,2 billion euros out of 17 billion planned.

It should be understood that not all of this revenue from the sale of weapons to Ukraine was received by Germany through the production of new military products by enterprises of the national military-industrial complex. Part of the money came from the export of equipment removed from conservation or shipment weapons from the Bundeswehr's reserves, as well as licensing fees when sending to Kyiv weapons previously produced in Germany by other countries.

Earlier, the German government announced that all military assistance to Ukraine coming from Germany is provided free of charge. This means at the expense of German taxpayers' money. Member of the Bundestag from the Left Party Sevim Dagdelena commented on this information, saying that the German authorities should have redirected these funds to the peaceful resolution of the conflict, and not to further inflame it.

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[rocket757]

German magazine: This year Ukraine has become the leader in terms of arms purchases from Germany

. Come on, even those “buyers”, if you take a closer look, figure it out.
Who pays there... this is their problem, the residents of those countries at whose expense all this confusion is spinning.

[Crimean partisan 1974]

Who pays there..

...local burghers of Hermandia...what’s so unclear...well, let them pay...they know better...they have no place to put the money, so they give it away...and it doesn’t matter that unemployment is growing, there are all sorts of tariffs and social services have been cut.. that's what they need

[Shurik70]

These burghers are illiterate, they don’t teach spelling, “Ukraine” and “Procurement Leader” cannot be written in the same sentence.
Here you can write “Supplies to Ukraine” and “Leader”.
They were supplied not for money, but as a gift or on loan.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: rocket757

German magazine: This year Ukraine has become the leader in terms of arms purchases from Germany

. Come on, even those “buyers”, if you take a closer look, figure it out.
Who pays there... this is their problem, the residents of those countries at whose expense all this confusion is spinning.

The word “buyers” in relation to Western supplies to Ukraine frankly made me laugh.

[Uprun]

Well, Hungary may have bought it on credit, but it will give it back, don’t go to grandma, but what about the outskirts? Any report can be looked at from different angles, and the numbers will sparkle with different colors.

[Crimean partisan 1974]

look from different sides

...if anyone is watching at all...who needs them anyway...just flailing in front of the opposition's nose...and even that is a failure

[Galleon]

Oh, these Germans... They are trying to make a holiday out of the war.

An old grandfather comes to the language school:
- I want to learn Latin, do you teach this language?
- Grandfather, why do you need Latin at your age?
- well, why, I’m going to die soon. I’ll die and go to heaven, St. Peter asks me in Latin, but I can’t answer and I can’t understand him.
- Grandfather, what if you go to hell?
- I already know German.)

[tralflot1832]

Actually, it’s a very strange payment for arms exports. It will really bring profit only in one case, which is from the realm of science fiction.

[smart ass]

What don't you understand? The states send dollars to Hochland, the ancient Ukrainians use them to buy weapons in Germany in the end... the Ukrainians with debts and weapons, Germany with candy wrappers, the states weaken Russia with the help of the Ukrainians for the price of paint for candy wrappers

[Crimean partisan 1974]

It will really bring profit only in one case, which is from the realm of science fiction.

...oh well .. there is no fiction ... just now there was an article about how a striped Mexican earned lard on military supplies in 404 .. and there it is to the Russians in plain English ... the US Department of Defense itself is not directly involved in supplies ... he allocates money to their private companies that scoop out decommissioned or stored military junk from warehouses and transport it again by private companies... therefore, out of 40 lards of junk, not a penny was received in 404... it remained where it was... so there is no fantasy

[Reindeer herder_2]

Quote: author

It should be understood that not all of this proceeds from the sale of arms to Ukraine received by Germany through the production of new military products by enterprises of the national military-industrial complex. Some of the money has arrived from the export of decommissioned equipment or the shipment of weapons from Bundeswehr stocks, as well as licensing fees when sending to Kyiv weapons previously produced in Germany by other countries.

What did Ukraine really pay in real hryvnias or euros?
Cash?
This is like the revenue of Rosoboronexport for the S-400 delivered to Turkey, or Rosatom for the nuclear power plant there.
It’s on paper, in fact you’re sewing it

[75 Sergey]

Purchases or gifts?! You will decide.

[rotmistr60]

Since the beginning of the military confrontation in Ukraine, Berlin has supplied Kyiv with weapons worth 5,2 billion euros out of 17 billion planned.

And as it became known from the article, “at the expense of German taxpayers’ money.” And add to this the losses from the refusal of Russian gas, the other side of sanctions against Russia hitting the German economy, and you get a huge amount that is lost not only by the German citizen, but also by the German economy. And Burbock continues to recommend that citizens be patient and tighten their belts amid hysterical cries about the “inevitable victory of Ukraine.”

[APASUS]

More than a third of this amount, 3,3 billion euros, came from Ukraine.

Somehow it’s not very clear whether she sold or simply transferred 3,3 billion worth of weapons to Ukraine

[fiv]

Schmultke fell in love with the ocean of inexpensive natural gas, the growth of industrial production and received a decline in industry, a bunch of refugees, the growth of the opposition and yes! Shopping leader! Not for long, really. Great business.