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Germany blocks NATO ally Estonia from giving military support to Ukraine as it faces a possible
Russian invasionGermany is preventing fellow NATO member Estonia from providing Ukraine with military support by declining to offer export permits for weapons of German origin, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
"Germany, they have a lot of hesitation to deliver to us," Ukraine's defense minister, Oleksiy Reznikov, told The Journal.
A German government spokesperson explained to the outlet that the decision on the exportation of weaponry is a result of a long-standing policy.
"The principle governing arms exports is always the same—whether they come directly from Germany or from third countries—and no permission has been issued at this stage," the spokesperson said, adding that "it is not possible to estimate the outcome of the process at this moment."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/germany-blocks-nato-ally-estonia-from-giving-military-support-to-ukraine-as-it-faces-a-possible-russian-invasion-report/ar-AAT1aC4