Oksana Markarova, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States, is hoping for “brave decisions” from the United States in anticipation of the much-needed Patriot air defence systems to protect against Russian air attacks.
Source: Oksana Markarova in an in…
Germany’s Finance Ministry has unofficially approved a request from Germany’s Defence Ministry for additional funds to help Ukraine.
Source: German tabloid Bild am Sonntag, citing sources in the ministry; European Pravda
Details: The newspaper reported…
Training on the Patriot air defence system, which Germany has agreed to supply to Ukraine, has commenced.
Source: German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius after a meeting with his Lithuanian counterpart Laurynas Kasčiūnas in Berlin, as reported by Europ…
Lithuania will provide Ukraine with six AMBER-1800 radar systems, which have a range of approximately 350 kilometres.
Source: German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius after a meeting with his Lithuanian counterpart Laurynas Kasčiūnas in Berlin, as repor…
European governments and Brussels are considering conducting drills for Ukrainian forces on the territory of not only the European Union but also Ukraine, in 2025 at the latest.
Source: German newspaper Welt with reference to sources, as reported…
German law enforcement officers are conducting searches at the home of Petr Bystron, a politician from the right-wing populist party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD or Alternative for Germany), on Thursday, 16 May. Bystron is the party’s number two in…
We’re drinking our morning coffee when an article pops up in our Facebook feed about Jonathan Littell struggling to rearrange the imperial legacies on his bookshelves. Empathy kicks in immediately: we want to offer our help. After all, we feel totally …
The Hermann Hesse International Prize will be awarded to Ukrainian writer Sofiia Andrukhovych, as well as Alexander Kratochvil and Maria Weissenböck, translators of Amadoka, a book by Andrukhovych, into German.
The prize organisers’ website says the ce…
Canadian Defence Minister Bill Blair announced the provision of CAD 76 million (USD 55.6 million) for Germany’s proposal to provide Ukraine with air defence.
Source: Bill Blair in a statement following a meeting with German Defence Minister Boris Pisto…
Following a meeting with Finnish President Alexander Stubb, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz metaphorically compared NATO with the three musketeers from the popular novel by Alexandre Dumas, paraphrasing their famous motto and stressing the importance of …