As the leader of Europe, Germany cannot afford to drag it down. Strike again and again will only drag down its national influence. Scholz's visit to China is the beginning of his solution to the German dilemma.
In the United States, President Biden faces a hurdle in the midterm elections. His approval rating dropped to 39%, and his approval rating is likely to lose control of the House of Representatives and even the Senate due to his defeat. Biden, who has always been a strong military aid to Ukraine, had to shift his focus and began to boast about his "political achievements": responding to Russia's "challenges", controlling the epidemic, increasing employment, advocating infrastructure, and reducing student debts...
In the period of the midterm elections approaching, releasing assistance to Ukraine and ignoring the domestic market will inevitably cause voters to be extremely dissatisfied with the high inflation and the economic situation that is about to decline. The Democratic opponent Republican vowed to reduce the United States' arms transmission to Ukraine.
For the midterm elections, Biden had to temporarily draw hands from Ukraine.
Do not die of fellow Taoists, but Germany and the United States are now unable to take care of themselves, but once Ukraine loses military aid, all the efforts of the United States will be wasted. So unwillingly, the Biden administration began to make its decisions about allies, hoping that other countries could increase their arms supply to Ukraine.
U.S. Secretary of State BlinkenHandling GreeceHandling Prince Mitsotakis asked Greece to increase its arms supply to Ukraine.
Greece's Ministry of Defense once stated that the stock of BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle was given to Ukraine. As compensation, Greece can obtain the same amount of new infantry fighting vehicle assistance from Germany. It is worth mentioning that this batch of BMP-1s turned out to be a stale product from the East German army.
Greece is unwilling to do a loss deal. Former Greek Prime Minister Tsipras had previously analyzed the current situation in Russia and Ukraine. He found that Ukraine suffered heavy losses in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and EU is also the loser in this conflict. On the contrary, the United States and Russia have no economic losses.
Although the United States is the top military aid list, GDP accounts for a low proportion, but the key is that the United States is a big winner in terms of strategic interests and economic interests.
So, when Blinken discussed with the Greek official, the Greek media commented on this that the United States does not want to give up "freedom" at present, nor does it want to be involved in conflict for its own interests, so it strives to let other countries fight instead of it.
Coincidentally, German Defense Minister Rambrecht also wrote a letter to Swiss Defense Minister Amherd, asking Switzerland to supply ammunition for the "cheetah" self-propelled anti-aircraft guns delivered by Germany to Kiev .
However, the requirements of Germany and the United States cannot be implemented smoothly. First, the aid to Ukraine has put too much weapon inventory and economic pressure on Western countries . Second, these Western countries have a new understanding of sanctions and military aid intervention - the inability to end the war is destructive to Europe and the global economy of .
However, when the United States and Germany seek to make other countries increase military aid to Ukraine, the second largest arms supplier in Ukraine, the UK, whose political fluctuations have affected the supply of weapons to Ukraine.
Newly appointed British Prime Minister Sunak is focusing on solving economic problems and has also promised to control public spending. How can we support Ukraine more strongly? Both worlds cannot be the best.
As the weapons delivery of the main support countries of the United States and the West slows down significantly, Kiev's combat capabilities may be severely affected. (Jin Xuan)
