Tag: weapons shipments
Germany wants to deliver radar devices and cameras
Radar system “Cobra” Ukraine is to receive modern tracking devices from Germany. (Photo: EADS Cassidian) Berlin The federal government wants to support Ukraine’s artillery equipment by supplying radar devices and…
“We are still a peace party”
Berlin While politicians from other parties only become chairmen of the foundation at the end of their careers, Jan Philipp Albrecht takes a different approach. The 39-year-old Green Party politician,…
Ukraine War: The Transformation of the Greens
Berlin Acting decisively, being pragmatic: With these words, Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) expressed the guidelines of the Federal Government in the Bundestag, but also of her own parliamentary…
Traffic light and Union for Heavy Weapons
Berlin Friedrich Merz does not look ahead, he first looks back: The Chancellor dismissed MPs from his own parliamentary group as “boys and girls” just because they didn’t agree with…
Russia turns off the gas tap
in the big raw material poker, which is part of a world order war, Vladimir Putin plays the next card. Its most reliable threatening monopoly, the Russian state-owned company Gazprom,…
Germany ready to deliver heavy weapons
Cheetah anti-aircraft tank Defense Minister Lambrecht promised delivery to Ukraine. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin In Germany, there is a growing willingness to support Ukraine with heavy weapons after all. The federal…
German tank deliveries: No paradigm shift yet
cheetah The anti-aircraft tank is armed with two cannons. (Photo: IMAGO/Sven Eckelkamp) Berlin Two things are very clear: With bazookas and anti-aircraft missiles alone, the Ukrainian army may be able…
Kaja Kallas is increasing the pressure on the federal government
Berlin The Berlin Wall not only divided Berlin and Europe, but the whole world into two systems: capitalism and socialism. For many Estonians and citizens of former Soviet states, however,…
Weapons deliveries: Union criticizes SPD course
Federal Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) said at the start of a Ukraine conference convened by the United States at Ramstein Air Force Base that the federal government had decided…
What the meeting is about
Transport machines at the US base in Ramstein Since the start of the Ukraine war, the number of flight movements has increased significantly. (Photo: IMAGO/BeckerBredel) Berlin, NY The Ramstein Airbase…
Macron’s victory is not a triumph
In view of this result, so many stones have fallen from Europe’s hearts that they could trigger a tsunami in the English Channel. The horror visions that something like Donald…
The pressure from the Union welds the traffic lights closer together
Berlin The Greens and FDP are keeping up the pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) on the issue of supplying heavy weapons to Ukraine. At the same time, the traffic…
This is how the West wants to get India on its side
Bangkok India had recently played only a subordinate role in the travel plans of top European politicians. After Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit in 2019, only two heads of state and…
Two-billion-euro traffic light package under criticism
Berlin On Tuesday evening, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) tried forward defense: Germany will continue to supply Ukraine with weapons – everything “that can be implemented and deployed quickly,” he said…
Scholz’ promise of billions is a sham
Olaf Scholz The Chancellor is under pressure in the debate about arms deliveries to Ukraine. (Photo: Getty Images) When it comes to describing politicians who are great at announcing but…
Two-billion-euro traffic light package under criticism
Berlin The opposition and traffic light politicians are increasing the pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) on the question of supplying heavy weapons to Ukraine. If Scholz does not move,…
Russia is running out of time in Donbass – because Ukraine is successfully sabotaging it
Kharkiv This handout photo released by Ukraine’s Defense Ministry allegedly shows Russian military vehicles destroyed. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Destroyed tanks surrounded by the rubble of a bridge that is said…
Eva Högl sees limits to German arms deliveries
Eva Högl, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces “I think it’s a scandal that 184,000 soldiers don’t have what they need in their women or men.” (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Berlin The…
How the Green Anne Spiegel will be replaced – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
A good 17 weeks after its launch, the new federal government is lamenting the first loss. No one could have imagined leaving so early, and if they had, the Social…
Söder & Habeck demand fast delivery of weapons
Berlin After reports of atrocities in the village of Bucha near Kyiv, demands are being made in Germany to support Ukraine more than before with arms deliveries. “The federal government…