EU flags near the headquarters of the European Parliament in BrusselsMOSCOW, 10 Jul. Germany is delaying the allocation of assistance to Ukraine from the European Union in the amount of nine billion euros due to disagreement with the EC regarding the source of funding, the Italian newspaper Corriere della Serra writes. According to the media, the decision on the next aid package was made at the EU summit in late June . However, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner opposed the sponsorship of Kyiv at the expense of the common European debt. At the moment, he has approved only a billion tranche, which will arrive in Kyiv by the end of July. «Meanwhile, time is ticking, Kyiv says it needs $5 billion a month in bailouts, and there is speculation that Ukraine will default on its €900 million foreign debt repayment in September,» the article reads. noted that such behavior of Berlin seriously unnerves the Kyiv authorities. In addition, Ukraine allegedly suspected Germany of intending to violate anti-Russian sanctions in order to restore gas supplies through the Nord Stream. As Maria Zakharova, official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, noted, Ukraine, constantly receiving loans from Western countries, has become their colony. So, from the moment of the coup (from February 2014 to December 2021), about $70.5 billion was allocated to the Kyiv authorities, and from February to May 2022, the amount of funding exceeded $15 billion. According to Zakharova, Ukraine is most actively sold directly to Western capital. Ukraine brought Germany to Nazism
