2 year agoGerman Chancellor @OlafScholz confirmed during press conference with @POTUS that Germany will abandon oil and gas as energy source until 2035
2 year ago"If Russia makes a choice to further invade Ukraine, we are jointly ready and all of NATO is ready." President Biden says he and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz "developed a strong package of sanctions" if Russia "violates Ukraine's sovereignty"
2 year ago"We are in a very difficult situation" with the "military threat" by Russia against Ukraine, says @OlafScholz, adding "it's a serious threat to European security
2 year ago"We're ready to continue talks in good faith with Russia," says @POTUS alongside @OlafScholz, but "it cannot be business as usual if Russia further invades" Ukraine
German chancellor: Russia will pay a heavy price if it invades Ukraine
Germany to boost troop deployment in Lithuania amid Ukraine tensions: minister
Kyiv: Contrary to the announcement, Foreign Minister @ABaerbock will not meet with President Zelenskyy. Instead, a meeting with Prime Minister Schmyhal is now planned. Scheduling difficulties are cited as the reason
2 year agoUkrainian FM Dmytro Kuleba: We started the visit of my German colleague @ABaerbock to Ukraine with visiting National Museum of the Holodomor Genocide. We are working to ensure the widest possible international recognition of Stalin's genocide against Ukrainians, including in Germany
German government spokesperson: Scholz will meet with France's Macron and Poland's Duda in Berlin on Tuesday to discuss Ukraine
Germany mulls ending its military mission in Mali
The railway line between Hamburg and Berlin is expected to be closed until Wednesday. The reason: A technical safety box was destroyed in a fire between Friesack and Paulinenaue in Brandenburg
Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht does not rule out sending more Bundeswehr soldiers to Lithuania. Around 600 Bundeswehr soldiers are already stationed in the country on NATO's eastern flank
2 year agoThe US military response to Russia's buildup around Ukraine has a name: Combined Joint Task Force Dragon. "Combat capable forces who stand ready to enhance the Alliance's ability to deter and defeat Russian aggression
US Department of State: The U.S. condemns the Russian government's decision to shut down the Moscow office of DeutscheWelle. We stand in solidarity with Deutsche Welle and Germany in the face of Moscow's crackdown on independent media, political opposition, and civil society
German government official: Ukraine/Russia, China, and the G7 will be discussed during the Scholz meeting with Biden
Scholz will travel on 14.2 first to Kyiv and then to Moscow (February 15)
Russia to close correspondent's office of Deutsche Welle, revokes accreditation of all Deutsche Welle reporters, proclaim Deutsche Welle as "Foreign agent", prohibit broadcasting of DW in Russia via cable networks or satellite, to create blacklist of those connected to shutdown of "RT DE" - Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Russia to announce retaliatory measures against German media today due to RT DE broadcast ban - Russian Foreign Ministry
Three police officers and two demonstrators were injured during corona protests in Thuringia on Wednesday evening. This is reported by the @Polizei_Thuer. A total of 6,000 people took to the streets, and there was a counter-demonstration in Erfurt
Germany's Scholz says will travel to Moscow 'soon' to discuss Ukraine
.@NATO SecGen welcomes US decision to send more troops to the alliance's Eastern Flank - Poland, Romania, Germany. "This is a powerful signal of US commitment" per @jensstoltenberg
US will deploy more than 3,000 troops to Poland, Germany and Romania amid Ukraine crisis: WSJ
Germany's media regulators have banned broadcasting of the German-language TV channel of Russian state broadcaster RT
The pumping of gas through Yamal-Europe pipeline has stopped. Gazprom has booked capacity today, but not used it
Gazprom booked the capacity of the Polish section of the Yamal-Europe pipeline at the end of the gas day on February 1 from 0:00 to 8:00 Moscow time in the amount of 1.6 million cubic meters per hour. Yamal-Europe has not pumped gas in the forward direction (from east to west) since December 21 last year
Zelensky, asked about Germany's role in the crisis, says Berlin has important influence in Europe. "That's why we expect you to help us"
Victoria Nuland @UnderSecStateP says Nord Stream 2 "will not move forward" if Russia invade Ukraine, which goes farther than what Germany has said publicly
2 year agoOfficial announcement of German chancellor's visit to DC to meet with Biden on Feb 7
Germany working on "strong package of sanctions" for Russia if it invades Ukraine, covering aspects "including Nord Stream 2" pipeline: foreign minister
US has "absolute confidence in German solidarity" said @SecBlinken when asked about Berlin ruling out sending lethal weapons to Ukraine
