Tag: Department of Defense
If the turning point fails, Scholz fails
Chancellor Olaf Scholz His mistake with Christine Lambrecht will have a long lasting effect. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Personnel decisions under Chancellor Olaf Scholz are reminiscent of a papal election. Like…
This is the new Secretary of Defense
Berlin In mid-September, Boris Pistorius is standing between two large fire engines in the fire service center in Stadthagen and is talking about cyber security since the outbreak of the…
Federal ministers welcome the decision in favor of Boris Pistorius
Berlin The election of Boris Pistorius as the new defense minister has met with approval in the federal cabinet. Finance Minister Christian Lindner congratulated the Lower Saxony domestic politician on…
Boris Pistorius becomes the new defense minister
Boris Pistorius The Interior Minister of Lower Saxony succeeds Christine Lambrecht. (Photo: IMAGO/localpic) Berlin The previous Lower Saxony Interior Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) is to become the new Federal Defense…
Lambrecht’s resignation: Ministry of Defense – The construction sites for the new boss
Pilot and technician with Tornado of the Bundeswehr The operational readiness of many weapon systems leaves a lot to be desired. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has…
Lambrecht’s resignation: Ministry of Defense – The construction sites for the new boss
Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht resigns A series of difficult tasks await her successor. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin Federal Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has asked Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) to be dismissed.…
Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht resigns
Christina Lambrecht The minister has long been criticized. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) resigns. She asked Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) to be dismissed, said a statement by…
Battles for Soledar continue
Ukrainian soldiers near Soledar Should Soledar fall, the entire defensive line from Siwersk to Bakhmut, which Kyiv has held since July, will falter. (Photo: AP) Kyiv, Moscow Despite several Russian…
Defense Minister Lambrecht apparently wants to resign
Christina Lambrecht The Federal Minister of Defense has long been criticized. (Photo: dpa) On Friday afternoon everything still looked routine. After a meeting with Inspector General Eberhard Zorn and the…
Ukraine war: International main battle tank coalition forms
Berlin Poland has promised Ukraine that it will soon deliver western main battle tanks. His country will hand over a “company” of Leopard 2 tanks as part of an international…
Athens should help Olaf Scholz to keep tank promises
Marder armored personnel carrier Germany wants to deliver the weapons to Ukraine by March. (Photo: AP) Athens, Berlin Greece is apparently supposed to help with the promise of the federal…
War in Ukraine: Bakhmut – Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin came for easy prey and is now in a dilemma
Wagner Group mercenaries on the front in Ukraine Prigozhin’s fighters are particularly often among the dead. (Photo: imago) Berlin Yevgeny Prigozhin miscalculated – possibly enormously. For months, the head of…
As long as Lambrecht is in office, the turning point has a credibility problem
Christina Lambrecht The main reason for the doubts of the alliance partners, as made clear by talks with NATO diplomats, has a name: Christine Lambrecht. (Photo: IMAGO/Björn Trotsky) The mountain…
As long as Lambrecht is in office, the turning point has a credibility problem
Christina Lambrecht The main reason for the doubts of the alliance partners, as made clear by talks with NATO diplomats, has a name: Christine Lambrecht. (Photo: IMAGO/Björn Trotsky) The mountain…
Traffic light politicians criticize Ambassador Wu Ken
“More than two years ago, the SPD parliamentary group called for the realignment of China policy in a position paper, and there are also clear statements on this in the…
Fighting for eastern Ukrainian cities is coming to a head
Ukrainian helicopters in Kherson The situation in eastern Ukraine is tense, heavy fighting is shaking the cities of Bakhmut and Soledar. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv, Moscow The fighting in eastern Ukraine…
Fighting for eastern Ukrainian cities is coming to a head
Ukrainian helicopters in Kherson The situation in eastern Ukraine is tense, heavy fighting is shaking the cities of Bakhmut and Soledar. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv, Moscow The fighting in eastern Ukraine…
Ukraine – Situation in the morning: Russia ends self-declared ceasefire
Kyiv, Moscow Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has declared the ceasefire declared by Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin over the Orthodox Christmas celebration to have failed. “The world could see once again…
Ukraine – Situation in the morning: Russia ends self-declared ceasefire
Kyiv, Moscow Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has declared the ceasefire declared by Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin over the Orthodox Christmas celebration to have failed. “The world could see once again…
Putin’s ceasefire eagerly awaited
Kherson A local resident walks past a burning house that Ukrainian sources say was hit by Russian shelling on Orthodox Christmas Eve. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv, Moscow In the middle of…