Germany’s Scholz blocks new € 3 billion Ukraine aid package
German Defense Minister Pistorius and FM Baerbock work to mobilize the additional military aid before 23 February elections, while the Chancellor considers this unnecessary.
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German Bundestag may put issue of Taurus for Ukraine to vote
The Free Democratic Party is exploring a parliamentary vote to potentially override Chancellor Scholz's resistance to providing Taurus missiles to Ukraine, according to an interview with party leader Christian Dürr.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 897: Ukraine launches surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk Oblast, sparking debate
Ukraine's unexpected incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast has left experts questioning its strategic value and implications.
Bundestag defense chair backs Germany’s decision to allow Ukraine to strike Russian military targets
In light of Russia's offensive in Kharkiv Oblast and intensified attacks on civilians, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Chair of the Bundestag's Defense Committee, welcomed Germany's policy shift allowing Ukraine to use German-supplied weapons against Russian military targets but emphasized that this decision "should have happened much earlier”.
German media reveal possible ‘secret reason’ for not transferring Taurus to Ukraine
The German t-online reports, after a closed-door Bundeswehr defense committee meeting, that effectively using Taurus allegedly requires a huge amount of data & a special computer system that only the Bundeswehr has.
“If ‘never a war again,’ what do you tell the people who are being attacked?” Ukraine parliament appeals to Bundestag
The Committee on Ukraine’s EU Integration and the Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation addressed a joint…