Tag: Boris Pistorius
Pistorius wants to accelerate procurement and create new management staff
Boris Pistorius (SPD, center) together with Bundeswehr soldiers The defense minister apparently wants to implement the restructuring of the Bundeswehr quickly. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Berlin Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) apparently…
Boris Pistorius is threatened with additional spending in the billions
Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) visiting the troops in Mali Foreseeable pay increases for soldiers will reduce the scope for investment in the defense budget. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The…
Kiev sees counter-offensive not endangered by US leaks
Ukrainian missile launcher on a truck Ukraine can produce all kinds of weapons itself, says President Volodymyr Zelensky. (Photo: AP) Kyiv After the arrest of a suspect over the release…
Federal government approves delivery of Polish Mig-29 fighter jets
Dusseldorf, Berlin, Warsaw Germany authorizes Poland to transfer Mig-29 fighter jets originally from German stocks to Ukraine. The corresponding application was received on Thursday, said Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius…
Bundeswehr reduces presence in Mali
Cape Town, Berlin Germany will significantly reduce its military presence in Africa – also because the benefit is increasingly in question. The last Bundeswehr soldier should have left Mali by…
Zelensky insists on the liberation of Crimea
Volodymyr Zelensky President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky speaks before an iftar meal to celebrate the holy Islamic month of Ramadan at a Muslim center outside of Kiev. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv…
Zelensky evokes Ukrainian-Polish alliance
Bachmut Ukrainian soldiers fire a mortar at Russian positions on the front line at Bakhmut. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv After returning from a state visit to Warsaw, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky…
Pistorius dares to carry out major renovations in the military department
Berlin Boris Pistorius is credited with saying that in administrative sciences you would fail in the first semester with the organization chart of the Ministry of Defense. The house with…
Zelensky evokes Ukrainian-Polish alliance
Burning houses in Ukraine last week Russian attackers and Ukrainian defenders fought bitter house-to-house fighting in Bakhmut. (Photo: dpa) Moscow According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Poland and Ukraine are…
Pistorius dares the big renovation
Berlin Boris Pistorius is credited with saying that in administrative sciences you would fail in the first semester with the organization chart of the Ministry of Defense. The house with…
NATO celebrates Finland’s accession – USA announce further aid to Ukraine
Pekka Haavisto (left), Jens Stoltenberg (middle) and Antony Blinken Finland is now officially the 31st member state of NATO. (Photo: IMAGO/Lehtikuva) Moscow After Finland’s official NATO accession, Chancellor Olaf Scholz…
Russia suspects opposition and Ukraine behind attack
Wladimir Putin The Russian President posthumously awarded the far-right blogger a medal. (Photo: AP) Kyiv Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin has posthumously awarded a medal to the Russian military blogger who…
Russian nuclear weapons are said to be on the border with Poland
Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin had announced that tactical nuclear weapons would be stationed in Belarus. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv Russia is sticking to the announced stationing…
Russia takes over the presidency of the UN Security Council – Zelensky calls for reform of the body
Volodymyr Zelensky “It is hard to imagine anything better demonstrating the complete bankruptcy of such institutions.” (Photo: dpa) Kyiv Russia’s rotational assumption of the presidency of the UN Security Council…
Zelensky demands justice for Ukraine
anniversary of the liberation of Bucha President Zelensky commemorates the victims of Russia’s occupation in Bucha. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv Regarding the casualties and destruction caused by Russia’s war of aggression,…
Ukraine War: Zelensky: More unity against tyranny
Ukraine war The war in Ukraine costs a large amount of ammunition. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv After attending the virtual world summit for democracy, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized that democracy…
Xi starts “peace trip” in Moscow – Europe establishes ammunition pact
Berlin, Brussels What the Europeans think of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “peace trip” to Moscow was already made clear by the topics at the joint meeting of EU foreign and…
Germany and Japan move together
Olaf Scholz with Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan The Chancellor wants to take relations with Japan to a new level. (Photo: dpa) Germany and Japan want to work more…
Defense: Federal government orders self-propelled howitzers
Panzerhaubitze 2000 in action in Ukraine The federal government now wants to order up to 28 of the artillery pieces for the Bundeswehr. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin The Federal Government initiates…
Rheinmetall hopes for orders worth billions from special funds
Dusseldorf A few days before it was included in the leading German index Dax, the armaments group and automotive supplier Rheinmetall presented record annual figures for 2022 and the forecast…