The leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Friedrich Merz, said on July 14 that Berlin should supply combat aircraft to Kyiv in order for Ukraine to regain control of its airspace, German media reported. Germany is the second-largest military donor to Ukraine after the United States, but German Chancellor Olaf Scholz remains reluctant to supply some key capabilities, including F-16 fighter jets. “I believe that we should help Ukraine to at least restore sovereignty over its own airspace,” Merz said in an ARD TV broadcast, as reported by Deutsche Welle (DW). Merz said more aid wa…