German FM defends decision to refuse supplying Ukraine with weapons

1/27/2022- 12:43 p.m.

German FM defends decision to refuse supplying Ukraine with weapons

Foreign minister Annalena Baerbock stood behind her decision to split from NATO allies in supplying arms to Ukraine during a plenary session of the Bundestag on Thursday.

“Whoever talks, doesn’t shoot. It is therefore fatal to simply dismiss the resumption of dialogue,” she said, pointing out that Germany did send 5,000 combat helmets.

The Ukrainian ambassador to Berlin dismissed the helmets as a “purely symbolic gesture.”