PoliticsWar Ukraine’s everlasting consultant to the UN calls on Merz to switch 150 Taurus missiles and 30% of German aviation to Ukraine. Wednesday, April 23, 2025 
Former Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany and now Everlasting Consultant of Ukraine to the UN Andriy Melnyk has urged future German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to boost his nation’s help to Kyiv.
In response to Melnyk, the brand new German authorities can obtain a breakthrough in Ukraine’s victory this 12 months by implementing 5 steps inside 100 days:
- Undertake a choice to allocate 0.5% of GDP (€21.5B) for Ukraine’s protection yearly, totaling €86B by 2029.
- Introduce related obligations for the EU (€372B) and the G7 (€181B), making a basic fund to assist Ukraine amounting to €550B.
- Present Ukraine with 150 Taurus cruise missiles.
- Switch 30% of the Bundeswehr’s plane fleet (about 75 fighters and 40 helicopters) to Kyiv as a part of a complete mortgage beneath the Lend-Lease regulation. The same 30% rule might be utilized to different German weapons techniques, significantly armored automobiles.
- Confiscate the frozen €200B in Russian belongings for Ukraine’s reconstruction, present navy safety ensures to Kyiv, and guarantee Ukraine’s accession to NATO and the EU by 2029.