The President of Slovakia, Zuzana Caputova, opposed the provision of military aid to Ukraine because of the victory in the parliamentary elections of the populist party Smer-SD, which rejected support for Ukraine.
Also, according to Bild, the German government does not plan to supply long-range Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine “in the near future”. Instead, Germany is considering an additional supply of Patriot missiles.
Meanwhile, Lithuania plans to include €340M (0.4% of GDP) in support for Ukraine in its expenditures as part of their 2024 budget.
The government of Norway will increase its defense budget for 2024 by $1.7B to $10.2B. They want to send part of the funds (7.5B crowns) as military aid to Ukraine.
At the same time, the US will speed up production of the most common 155-mm artillery projectile in Ukraine up to 100,000 per month (currently 28,000). It is noteworthy that the US handed over to Ukraine over a million cartridges confiscated from Iran.