Politico
BERLIN — Germany responded to Ukraine’s call for more air defenses by promising to send some of its own systems and marshalling help from other allies — but almost no one else is following Berlin’s lead.
Berlin has so far pledged three of its 11 U.S.-made Patriot batteries along with over 50 Gepard shorter-range air defense systems and air-to-air missiles, able to counter the hail of ballistic missiles, bombs and drones hammering Ukraine’s cities and critical infrastructure.
For weeks, senior German politicians — principally Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius — have been leaning on allies to follow through on their commitments to gift Patriot air and missile defense batteries to Ukraine.
