Pushing back against domestic pressure, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz openly spoke out on Monday (26 February) against the delivery of Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine, citing the risk of Germany becoming involved in the war.
In a significant shift, the German government said Saturday it will send weapons and other supplies directly to Ukraine and supports some restrictions of the SWIFT global banking system for Russia.
Wednesday 24 April 2024 17:57, UK Russia Ukraine Sky News military analyst Prof Michael Clarke looks at why Germany is so reluctant to provide Ukraine with long-range state-of-the-art missiles. What happened at Magdeburg Christmas market?
After Ukraine refused to engage in peace talks with Russia and Putin ordered the main force of the Russian military to continue advancing, after a night of bloody fighting, the Russian military achieved fruitful results. Not only did the Russian military besiege Kiev accelerate its progress, but ...
Germany and the United States have announced that they will send advanced battle tanks to Ukraine. It's the first stage of a coordinated effort by the West to provide dozens of the heavy weapons to help Kyiv break combat stalemates as Russia’s invasion
He said Ukraine will push for more weapons, including long-range missiles and aircraft. “The terrorist state must lose. The right to life must be protected. And it will be so,” Zelenskyy said. Though it will take months before the tanks arrive, Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines said...
Turkey supplied Ukraine with anti-tank drones, prompting an uncomfortable call from Russian President Vladimir Putin, while the U.K. shipped anti-tank missiles to Ukraine as well as troops to train Ukrainian forces, The Guardian reported. And some NATO countries have deployed various military forc...
The German economy and climate ministry said in a Saturday evening statement that Germany is allowing the Netherlands to ship 400 German-made anti-tank weapons to Ukraine. “The Russian invasion of Ukraine marks a turning point. It threatens our entire post-war order,” German Chance...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union will miss its target of supplying Ukraine with 1 million artillery shells and missiles by next March, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Tuesday. Arriving at a meeting of EU defence ministers in Brussels, Pistorius also questi...
During his speech, the German leader said Germany together with the US and UK had sent the most weapons systems to Ukraine and insisted that his country would be at the forefront of support for Ukraine. Ukraine wants longer range missiles as Russia learns from its mistakes ...