Ukraine, Olaf Scholz and Germany
Germany's defence minister said he was open to sending German soldiers to Ukraine to help secure a demilitarised zone there if a ceasefire were agreed with Russia, in remarks published Saturday.
US President-elect Donald Trump wants members of the NATO military alliance to devote five percent of their national output to defence, a demand that has already been rejected as too high by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Annalena Baerbock, German Foreign Minister and co-leader of the Greens, insists that Berlin should provide Ukraine with more military aid than currently planned in the budget. Source: Spiegel, as reported by European Pravda Details: The foreign minister made such comments while speaking to the media in Saudi Arabia on the sidelines of a meeting on the future of Syria.
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Germany has handed over nearly 100 vehicles to the National Police and National Guard of Ukraine. Source: statement by Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, as reported by European Pravda Details: The transfer took place on Tuesday,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has held further discussions with French President Emmanuel Macron about the possibility of Western troops deploying in Ukraine to safeguard any peace d
Germany is working to secure a drifting Russian oil tanker, believed to be part of Moscow’s “shadow fleet” used to fund its war in Ukraine, after it lost control in the Baltic Sea.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer signaled continued solidarity, with further U.S. support in question under a second Trump administration.
Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock ... their backing of Kyiv and sharp sanctions on Moscow since the war in Ukraine began almost three years ago. In August, Russia was accused of flying ...
Germany as a whole isn’t currently seen as a driving force for peace policy in Europe, and honestly that pains me,” Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told POLITICO.
The head of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) faction in the Bavarian Landtag, Katrin Ebner-Steiner, believes that Ukrainian refugees should return to their homeland "already now," DW reports. The leader of the Bavarian branch of the Alternative for Germany (AfD),