One of few Western officials to witness war firsthand: What did Germany’s defense minister see on Ukraine’s front line?
Boris Pistorius went to the front line. Then he joined an EU defense ministers meeting from headquarters near combat area.
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Pistorius is flying to Washington for Tomahawks, despite worsening relations between Merz and Trump — Financial Times
Germany is reviving its bid to buy US Tomahawk cruise missiles and Typhon launchers despite tensions between Trump and Merz over the Iran war, the Financial Times reports.
Germany hands Ukraine the gas plant that warmed Russia’s Nord Stream
Germany will transfer an 84 MW gas-fired power plant in Lubmin — built to serve Russia's Nord Stream 1 — to a Ukrainian operator as humanitarian aid, Die Welt reports.
NATO is dead. Meet CALM.
Discussing alternatives to the Alliance has long been taboo. That changed in 2026.
Germany approves 2027 budget with $13.5 billion for Ukraine
Germany's 2027 budget allocates €11.6 billion to Ukraine and €144.9 billion to defence, with total borrowing of €196.5 billion. Aid to Kyiv drops to €8.5 billion annually from 2028.
German prosecutors charge Ukrainian and Latvian with “agent activity for sabotage purposes”
Bavarian police arrested a Ukrainian and a Latvian on 12 April after a routine A6 traffic stop turned up a drone, GPS trackers, radios, and forged IDs. Prosecutors allege sabotage-linked espionage.
Weaponized energy: Russia may cut off Kazakh oil to Germany on 1 May, risking Berlin-Brandenburg fuel shock
Russia may plan to remove 17% of Germany's PCK refinery feedstock.
Ukrainian defense tech is in demand worldwide — German minister Pistorius
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said at the Hannover Messe that Ukrainian defense technologies are in demand worldwide and urged partners to keep them in sight.
96% of Russia’s record March casualties were caused by drones — so the UK is sending its biggest package of the year
120,000+ drones, hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds, and thousands of air defense missiles: UK Defense Secretary John Healey announced the package at a 43-nation Ukraine arms coordination meeting in Berlin.
WSJ: Europe is quietly building a NATO fallback in case the US steps back
Germany's shift — driven by Merz's conclusion that Trump was prepared to abandon Ukraine and had confused victim with aggressor — unlocked a broader coalition.
Germany just committed to hundreds of Patriot missiles for Ukraine
Berlin is also funding long-range strike drones inside Ukraine.
Ukraine’s factories are getting second life: Germany launches “Industrial Ramstein”
Berlin it's wiring Ukraine's factories into Europe's supply chains.
Turning point: Russia is now losing more soldiers in Ukraine each month than it recruits
Ukraine is winning the three-front war, said its defense minister.
Hegseth skips Ukraine weapons meeting again — third-tier Pentagon official sent instead
Over 50 defense ministers will gather virtually on 15 April to coordinate weapons for Ukraine.
Germany will pay for “hundreds” of Patriot missiles for Ukraine as strategic partnership signed
Germany to provide IRIS-T launchers, invest in deep strikes, jointly develop mid-range drones
Ukraine just gave Germany’s AI something no simulation ever could: real war
Merz and Zelenskyy signed the most consequential defense tech deal in Europe.
Zelenskyy in Berlin: Germany pledges air defense, long-range weapons and ammunition in new aid packages
Germany and Ukraine signed defense cooperation deals after Zelenskyy–Merz talks in Berlin, with new aid packages covering air defense, long-range weapons, drones and ammunition.
Germany funds armored medevac fleet for Ukraine as one vehicle survives triple drone strike
Germany delivers 5 Mediguard armored medevac vehicles to Ukraine's National Guard. One prior unit survived 3 drone strikes; crew uninjured.
German AfD party will expel from its ranks a Chechen who advocates for Germany’s “unity” with Russia
A Chechen-born influencer Murad Dadaev met Kadyrov-linked officials, trained with a Kalashnikov, and gifted a Wehrmacht swastika dagger during a Chechnya trip.
This is Moscow’s parallel war: Russian intelligence orders spying on German drone supplier for Ukraine — Spiegel
GRU recruited a Ukrainian refugee in Germany via Telegram. His target: a Bavarian businessman supplying drones to Ukraine