⚡️German Defense Minister denies Scholz blocked proposal for $3 billion arms package for Ukraine, says decision awaits.

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius denied media reports that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz blocked a proposal for an additional military aid package for Ukraine worth 3 billion euros ($3.09 billion), adding that a decision on the funding awaits.

"There is no blockade. We have prepared a new aid package for Ukraine in the Defense Ministry," Pistorius told Tagesspiegel in an interview published on Jan. 13.

"(A decision to approve the aid package) must now be decided politically... As soon as all questions have been clarified, I expect a corresponding decision," Pistorius added.