Source link Kiev’s Western sponsors will work together as part of yet another “capability coalition” to supply Ukrainian forces with specific types of arms, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said, backing the initiative originally floated by French President Emmanuel Macron last month. During a joint press conference with Macron and Polish PM Donald Tusk in […]
Source link The Bundeswehr is still suffering from thin ranks and inadequate equipment, a senior official has warned Germany is still struggling to resolve issues that have been plaguing its military for decades, an annual report prepared by the parliamentary commissioner for the Bundeswehr, Eva Hoegl, has shown. Despite efforts to boost the ranks, the […]
Source link Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reiterated his reluctance to supply long-range weaponry to Kiev, DPA has reported German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ruled out the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, citing the risk of Berlin’s direct or indirect involvement in the Ukraine conflict, DPA reported on Tuesday. Kiev has long been requesting […]
Source link The country will reportedly be unable to reach NATO’s military spending target next year Germany’s current military budget for 2025 is below NATO’s defense spending targets, the news outlet Bild reported on Saturday, citing sources within the Defense Ministry. The bloc’s members are committed to spending 2% of GDP on defense annually. Berlin […]
Source link Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has categorically rejected the French president’s suggestion Discussions about NATO boots on the ground in Ukraine need to end, because nobody actually wants that to happen, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Friday. Pistorius was in Finland to visit the German troops taking part in NATO’s Nordic Response […]
Source link The travel advice was due to the “continuing deterioration of the situation in the country,” according to Berlin The German Foreign Ministry has updated its travel advice for Russia, “and now strongly” discourages German citizens and persons with dual citizenship from visiting the country. Previously, Berlin had only advised against travelling to Russia. […]
Source link Ben Wallace has fallen into a “Russian trap” by criticizing a recent intel leak, according to Berlin’s envoy in London German Ambassador to the UK Miguel Berger has accused former British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace of “falling into the Russian trap” by criticizing a recently leaked audio recording of senior German officers discussing […]
Source link Moscow has told Berlin it will face a reciprocal response if it expels Russian journalists German authorities should think twice about expelling Russian journalists as such actions would result in its own correspondents being kicked out of Russia, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has warned. Speaking on the Soloviev LIVE TV social media […]
Source link Defense Minister Boris Pistorius put the incident down to an oversight on the part of one Air Force officer A lapse by a senior German Air Force officer led to the recent leak of a confidential discussion about a potential attack on Russia’s Crimean Bridge, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has said. Outside actors […]
Source link NATO officials are reportedly concerned about Berlin’s carelessness and incompetence Several of Germany’s allies have urged Berlin to drastically improve security measures after audio of Bundeswehr military officials discussing an attack on Russia’s Crimean Bridge was leaked, Bloomberg reported on Monday. RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan last week released a transcript and audio recording […]
Source link The German government has warned the West against playing Moscow’s game following the ‘Crimean Bridge attack’ audio leak The German government has brushed aside claims that it is preparing for a military confrontation with Russia as “absurd.” Last week, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev raised such a possibility after a leaked phone call […]
Source link Hitler’s ghost still haunts the EU country, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has said Germany could face “dire consequences” if something is not done about the mindset that produced the conversation of Luftwaffe generals, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Monday. RT has published a recording and transcript of a February […]
Source link Defense chief Boris Pistorius has called the exposure of comments by his own officers “disinformation” German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has tried to sidestep controversy over an audio recording of senior Bundeswehr officers talking about a possible attack on the Crimean Bridge, saying a leak of the tape stemmed from Russia’s “information war” […]
Source link The German military could instigate a conflict, the former president has warned, commenting on a leaked conversation about a possible attack on the Crimean Bridge A recently leaked recording of senior German officers discussing a potential attack on the Crimean Bridge leaves no doubt that Berlin is preparing for a military conflict with […]
Source link Berlin lost face when a recording of the alleged conversation among Bundeswehr generals leaked, according to Moscow’s deputy UN envoy Purported evidence of German military scheming to destroy civilian infrastructure begs for an analogy to the country’s dark WWII-era past, according to Russia’s First Deputy Permanent Representative at the UN, Dmitry Polyansky. Polyansky […]