Focus: Last week Friday, the United States. and other NATO countries announced a huge military package for Ukraine. The package contains a wide-range of heavy weapons to help strengthen the Ukraine as it’s facing daily bombardment from Russia. Commentators say that this sends a clear signal that the war with Russia is expected to escalate in the months ahead. On the other hand, Germany is facing immense pressure from allies over its reluctance to supply Leopard 2 tanks to bolster Ukraine’s fighting capacity. German defence minister, Boris Pistorius told journalists at the media briefing that a decision is still to be made at a later stage. Let’s listen to what transpired at the briefing....

 

PKG-UKRAINE ARMS

 

LINK: To look at what we should read into this, we are joined by....

 

Guest: Faith Mabera – Senior Researcher at the Institute for Global Dialogue

Guest: Helmoed-Romer Heitman – Defence analyst (Still waiting for confirmation)