During his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos today, Scholz pledged his country's ongoing military support for Ukraine and said that "Russia must fail" in order for the conflict in eastern Europe to end.
He did not touch on the Leopard 2 tanks which some NATO allies, most notably Poland but also the UK and Lithuania and others, have been encouraging Germany to approve for export to the front lines.
Germany must approve the resale or donation of its military equipment to a third country.
Berlin is under international pressure to allow the transfer of German-made Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine.
There were some hopes for a big announcement but Scholz remained silent on the issue.
He mentioned the existing armored vehicles like Marders (weasels in English, Germany names most of its military land vehicles after animals) Germany had dispatched.
A meeting of NATO defense ministers is scheduled at the US Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Friday where the Leopard tank is likely at the very least to be discussed behind closed doors.
Scholz said Germany had also made "over €12 billion" (around $13 billion at today's exchange rate) available to Ukraine and would continue to support the country "as long as is necessary."
He called for the private sector to play a "key role" in nascent plans for the so-called "Marshall Plan for Ukraine" jointly recommended by Scholz and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen last October.


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