Germany is set to approve close to 400 million euros ($450 million) in additional military aid to Ukraine, according to a finance ministry letter seen by Reuters on Thursday.

Despite reporting in August by the German media outlet Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) that Berlin was not planning to approve additional aid to Kyiv this year, a German Finance Ministry document showed an additional 400 million euros ($445 million) in additional support earmarked for Ukraine,

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin pushed back on the idea that long-range strikes would be a game-changer for Ukraine, as Kyiv more fervently pressed the West to loosen weapons use restrictions and allow it to target Russian air bases and launch sites far from the border.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is meeting top military leaders of more than 50 partner nations in Germany to press for more weapons support

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is meeting top military leaders of more than 50 partner nations in Germany to press for more weapons support.

Germany expects to allocate an additional €400 million of military aid to Ukraine, according to a letter from Florian Toncar, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance, to the Budget Committee of the German Bundestag (the German federal parliament).

Germany continues to provide significant support to Ukraine as part of strengthening the country's defense capabilities. The new military aid package includes a variety of weapons and equipment, according to the German government.

The German government has allocated €50 million for the treatment of wounded Ukrainian soldiers. Source: ntv, as reported by European Pravda Details: "We continue to stand firmly on the side of Ukraine,