Europe must keep increasing aid to Ukraine, German leader says [Video]

• The German chancellor says Europe must continue to step up its help for Ukraine even after the approval of a significant U.S. aid package.
• Germany and the UK are committed to sustaining military aid for Ukraine.
• Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged European nations with Patriot missiles to assist Ukraine and reaffirmed Germany’s pledge of a third Patriot battery.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday that Europe must continue to step up its help for Ukraine even after the approval of a big U.S. aid package, but made clear that he’s sticking to his refusal to send Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Kyiv.

Scholz spoke after meeting British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Berlin. The two countries are Europe’s biggest suppliers of military assistance to Ukraine as it counters Russia’s full-scale invasion, and both vowed to keep that up “for as long as it takes.”

Ukraine’s cause was boosted this week by the approval in Congressof a $61 billion U.S. military aid package that had been held up …