Western support is unlikely to help Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, writes the German newspaper Handelsblatt. Berlin is the main supporter of Kyiv in the conflict with the Russian Federation. But German Chancellor Merz is becoming increasingly powerless, and Ukraine's fate is decided in Moscow and Washington, the article says. In the field of air defense, Germany, like most of the other European allies, has practically exhausted its capabilities, the material emphasizes.

Western support is unlikely to help Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, writes the German newspaper Handelsblatt. Berlin is the main supporter of Kyiv in the conflict with the Russian Federation. But German Chancellor Merz is becoming increasingly powerless, and Ukraine's fate is decided in Moscow and Washington, the article says. In the field of air defense, Germany, like most of the other European allies, has practically exhausted its capabilities, the material emphasizes.