American Patients with Germany wearing thin, diewelt. The U.S. wants Europe's richest state to provide more military aid to Ukraine, newspaper reports. Berlin appears to be increasingly out of step with its allies across the pond. When it comes to arming Ukraine, Germany's diewelt daily reported on Thursday, adding that the issue is impacting relations between the NATO allies. The U.S. allegedly wants Germany to take of more resolute approach towards military assistance for Kiev, it said. Last Sunday, the U.S. ambassador to Berlin, Amy Gottman, told the German broadcasters EDF that she expects Germany to take on a greater leadership role. She acknowledged Berlin's military assistance to Kiev, but set her expectations are even higher. So far, Germany has done what we asked for, a U.S. official told Diewelt on Thursday, adding that Berlin could be moving faster. The paper reported that Washington has doubts about Germany's fundamental loyalty to Kiev, questioning whether it wants Ukraine to win, or just not to lose. On Tuesday, the German tabloid bill claimed that U.S. officials allegedly sent a diplomatic note to Berlin, in which Secretary of State Antony Blinken supposedly. Said Washington would welcome a decision by Germany to send battle tanks to Ukraine, while stopping short of directly asking for such a step. A spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy in Berlin, however, denied this claim, telling Bill that no such outreach was made. It is not true that we told Germany that they had to supply tanks, a U.S. official also told Diewelt on Thursday, adding that the U.S. would rather see Germany take a greater leadership role, which now means helping Ukraine. Last week, German defense minister Christine Lambrick told journalists that Berlin would not be the first to send Western made tanks to Ukraine, when no other nation had done so. The reports of Washington's dissatisfaction with Germany's response came as Lambrick denounced a fresh weapons package for Kiev. The new batch will include two Mars II multiple rocket launchers and 200 missiles for them, as well as 50 Dingo armored personnel carriers, she told journalists on Thursday.