1 year agoFormer British embassy security guard David Smith is sentenced to a total of 13 years and two months for spying on behalf of Russia
1 year agoDeutsche Telekom AG: During construction work on a railway line in Frankfurt, a drill severed several of our fiber optic cables. As a result, there are also IT problems at Lufthansa. We continue to work at full speed on the repair. The situation is continuously improving
1 year agoDeutsche Telekom AG: Even at a depth of 5m, our fiber optics are not safe from concrete drills. After Düsseldorf at the weekend now also in Frankfurt. Our technicians are already on site. Due to the considerable damage and situation on the construction site, the remedy will be extremely difficult
US Secretary of Defense: We expect Ukraine to launch a counterattack in the spring
Norway will donate 8 Leopard 2s and up to 4 support variants (engineering, bridge layer, recovery) to Ukraine and allocate 250 mil NOK for spare parts and ammunition
1 year agoU.S. Secretary of Defense: It's always a pleasure to meet with my good friend and Ukrainian counterpart, @oleksiireznikov. The 50+ nations participating in the UDCG stand united with you in this fight for Ukraine's sovereignty and self-defense
1 year agoUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is in France. He will meet @EmmanuelMacron and the German Chancellor @OlafScholz at the Élysée
The German Security Council approves the delivery of 178 Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine
1 year agoThe driver of a Mazda 5 drove into the fence of a bus stop on Friday night. The 37-year-old did not have a driver's license and a drug test came back positive for amphetamines. These and other reports from the Dresden Police Department
Two Germans have been captured in Bakhmut, where they were fighting for the Russian mercenary Wagner Group
Germany confirms it will send 14 Leopard 2 A6s and allow other partners to re-export some of their own stocks
After the disappearance of a 14-year-old boy in Wunstorf near Hanover in the German state of Lower Saxony, the police are investigating a boy of the same age on suspicion of a homicide
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will announces the delivery of German Leopard tanks to Ukraine, - POLITICO
Polish defence minister said Germany has now received Poland's official request to re-export Leopard tanks to Ukraine
Germany will not stand in the way if Poland sends leopard tanks to Ukraine, Germany's foreign minister Baerbock says- Reuters
President @EmmanuelMacron says - standing next to @Bundeskanzler - that he does not exclude the idea of France providing Leclerc tanks to Ukraine
Statement of French and German defence ministers: "To develop the capacity of both armies to deploy together, to project two Franco-German battalions from the Franco-German Brigade for exercises in Romania & Lithuania, and to conduct a bilateral naval exercise in the Indo-Pacific in 2024
France & Germany "support the deployment of the high-speed train route between Paris and Berlin, as well as a night train service, both for 2024," announced after a meeting in Paris between Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz
1 year ago"We have to fear that this war will last a very long time," says Scholz in Paris. But still no clear text on Leopard deliveries - any decision only closely coordinated with partners like the USA. Macron a little clearer on French tanks: "Nothing is excluded
Finnish Defense: We will deliver Ukraine the largest package of military aid in the amount of 590 million euros
German Defense Minister: Berlin is not a party to the conflict in Ukraine but will continue military supplies to Kyiv
German media now reporting that Lambrecht has officially asked Scholz to be dismissed from her position as Minister of Defence
During a burglary in Hürth, a parrot scared the perpetrators so much that they fled. The police are investigating and looking for witnesses
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has visited the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, close to the front lines, becoming the first German Cabinet member to see the area first-hand
After anti-terror operation in Castrop-Rauxel: Arrest warrants against two Iranians requested. According to the Düsseldorf public prosecutor's office, the brothers are said to have planned an Islamist terrorist attack with toxins
German police detain Iranian suspected of planning 'Islamist-motivated' attack
Germany will provide Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine️. Germany also join the U.S. in supplying an additional Patriot air defense battery
At the beginning of December, Christmas markets in Düsseldorf were cleared – because of a threatening phone call. Now the police have identified a suspect: a young person from the Osnabrück area
A far-right extremist who killed two people in the German city of Halle three years ago after trying to attack a synagogue has been moved to a new prison following an apparent jailbreak attempе
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz: "Our goal is for Russia to end its war and preserve Ukraine's integrity." "This will require talks." "Whether it will be by phone, video call, or at a long table will reveal itself." - SZ -
