Germany to help Ukraine make more weapons faster to strengthen its hand in peace talks with Russia
Source: AP
Updated 7:51 AM EDT, June 30, 2025
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Germany aims to help Ukraine manufacture more weapons more quickly as Kyiv looks to strengthen its negotiating position in peace talks with Russia about ending their more than three-year war, the top German diplomat said Monday. “We see our task as helping Ukraine so that it can negotiate more strongly,” Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said during a visit to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, accompanied by German defense industry representatives.
U.S.-led international peace efforts have failed to make progress on halting the fighting. Russian President Vladimir Putin has effectively rejected a ceasefire and hasn’t budged from his war goals. “When Putin speaks of peace today, it is pure mockery,” Wadephul told a news conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha. “His apparent readiness to negotiate is only a façade so far.”
Russia’s invasion shows no sign of letting up. Its grinding war of attrition along the roughly 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line and long-range strikes on civilian areas of Ukraine have killed thousands of troops and civilians.
Ukraine is outgunned and short-handed on the front line and international aid has been vital for Ukraine’s resistance against its neighbor’s bigger army and economy. Germany has been Ukraine’s second-largest military backer after the United States, whose continuing support is in doubt.
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