Germany’s offer to Ukraine of 5,000 helmets is ‘joke’, says Vitali Klitschko
by Daniel Boffey in Brussels and Philip Oltermann in from World news | The Guardian on (#5VEPM)
Kyiv mayor left speechless' by move as Berlin faces pressure from other EU members to back military training mission
Germany's approach to the Russian threat to Ukraine has been described as a joke" after Berlin responded to requests for arms by offering 5,000 protective helmets.
Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv and former world heavyweight boxing champion, who previously lived in Germany, said he could not understand the lack of support.
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