German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Monday questioned whether Berlin can commit troops to Ukraine as part of the Western security guarantees currently under discussion in Washington and European capitals. Speaking in Japan, Wadephul said Germany is "at the beginning of a difficult process" and warned that dispatching forces would “weigh heavily on us,” adding that Defence Minister Boris Pistorius must first determine whether the Bundeswehr has the capacity. The remarks, reported by Politico and DW, underline divisions within Germany’s governing coalition and among its conservative opposition over how far Europe’s largest economy should go in supporting Kyiv. Parliamentary foreign-policy specialist Roderich Kiesewetter argued that Berlin must be prepared to put soldiers on the ground if it wants its security pledges to be credible. Europe has already overtaken the United States in overall assistance to Ukraine, providing €167.4 billion in military, financial and humanitarian support through 30 June, according to TF1 Info. Germany leads individual European donors with €16.51 billion in military aid, but Wadephul said Berlin could continue to help Kyiv "in other military and technical ways" short of a troop deployment.