German Defense Minister urges US to maintain Ukraine aid despite Middle East tensions

German Defense Minister urges US to maintain Ukraine aid despite Middle East tensions

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has called on the US administration not to scale back military assistance to Ukraine, even as the war against Iran potentially looms. “My appeal to the US remains unchanged: don’t lose sight of the fact that Ukraine—and the question of who wins this war and how it ends—also plays a central role for US security interests in Europe,” Pistorius said Friday, March 27, while visiting Australia. Pistorius emphas…