Tag: ring exchange
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…
Germany wants to deliver by the end of March
Decommissioned Marder tanks on a factory site 40 vehicles are to be delivered to Ukraine by the end of March. (Photo: imago/Hans Scherhaufer) Berlin, Athens One day after the German…
Second and third ring exchanges are nearing completion
Leopard 2 main battle tank Germany sells tanks of this type to the Czech Republic and Slovakia. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin Germany is preparing another ring exchange of main battle tanks.…
Germany wants to deliver 16 bridge-laying tanks
Bridge laying tank Biber The device from Bundeswehr stocks is intended to enable Ukrainian troops to overcome water or other obstacles. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Athens Germany is expanding its military…
Germany wants to deliver 16 bridge-laying tanks
Bridge laying tank Biber The device from Bundeswehr stocks is intended to enable Ukrainian troops to overcome water or other obstacles. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Athens Germany is expanding its military…
The ring exchange becomes a non-starter
German Army Leopard 2 tank Germany has offered Poland 20 older Leopard tanks for more than 200 tanks of Soviet design. (Photo: imago images / Sven Eckelkamp) Berlin In politics,…
Germany must deliver more weapons to Ukraine
Berlin US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was optimistic: “The military support that we are giving Ukraine makes a real difference,” he said on Wednesday after the support group from…
Only heavy weapons can stop Russia in the Donbass
Brussels, Berlin When US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin comes to NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, it’s not just his counterparts in the alliance who are expecting him. He…
German-Greek ring exchange: Ukraine receives new tanks
Marder armored personnel carrier The tanks could now be delivered to Greece. (Photo: dpa) Brussels As compensation for the delivery of Soviet-made weapons to the Ukraine, Greece is to receive…
“Government is looking for excuses” – Scholz is criticized for handling arms deliveries
Berlin In view of the ongoing fighting in eastern Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) is again confronted with demands to deliver more and faster weapons to the country attacked by…
Ukraine war: Germany’s abstruse arms delivery debate
The hope was that critics who accused Germany of failing to support Ukraine with heavy equipment would now fall silent. But this hope did not last long. On Tuesday, on…
Ukraine war: Germany’s abstruse arms delivery debate
The hope was that critics who accused Germany of failing to support Ukraine with heavy equipment would now fall silent. But this hope did not last long. On Tuesday, on…
Delivery to the Czech Republic is scheduled for the end of 2022
Leopard 2 tanks during an exercise In return, the Czech Republic will sell Soviet-type T-72 main battle tanks to Ukraine. (Photo: imago/StockTrek Images) Berlin The federal government has agreed the…
Germany delivers Leopard 2 tanks to the Czech Republic
Leopard 2 A4 main battle tank The Czech Republic is to receive these weapons in exchange for equipment that will be shipped to Ukraine. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin Germany will deliver…
The deputy editor-in-chief’s weekly recap
On Sunday the time has come: then the incumbent President Emmanuel Macron and the right-wing populist Marine Le Pen will face each other in the decisive runoff election in France.…