Scholz’s Ukraine Strategy No Longer Enough for Germany’s Allies
- Germany’s Ukraine policy could strain effort to contain Putin
- Scholz has little wiggle room on weapons supplies, sanctions
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is getting left behind by the international effort to help Ukraine stand up to Russia and has no obvious way back into the fold.
The 63-year-old Social Democrat has resisted directly supplying tanks and other heavy weapons to Ukraine and opposed an embargo of Russian oil and gas. His policies have him in a tight corner and risk holding back Germany’s allies just as Russia embarks on a new offensive in eastern Ukraine.