"Defense Minister Boris Pistorius wants to mobilize an additional budget of about EUR 3 billion for urgent weapons supplies to Ukraine before the federal elections on February 23. But Olaf Scholz's office is slowing down plans for additional military aid," the article says.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is said to have blocked a proposal for an additional €3 billion aid package for weapons to Ukraine, according to a local media report.

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 Biden administration today announced its last Presidential Drawdown Authority aid to Ukraine before Donald Trump becomes president. It is a $500 million package that includes AIM-7 Sparrows and RIM-7 Sea Sparrows,

The United States on Thursday said it is providing military aid to Ukraine amounting to $500 million shortly before President Joe Biden's departure from office. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made the announcement during a session of the Ukraine Contact Group at the US military's base in Ramstein in Germany.

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.