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Germany scraps a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for military servicepeople

Germany has scrapped a requirement for its military servicepeople to be vaccinated against COVID-19

The Independent UK

German MPs break taboo by backing first post-unification Veterans’ Day

Annual event in June is designed to make service in volunteer army more attractive amid looming threats

The Guardian - UK

Germany Overhauls Military Command To Become 'War-Capable'

Germany's defense minister unveils plan to enhance military capabilities in response to potential threats, emphasizing readiness against Russia.

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Germany hikes Ukraine military support, but is its defence-spending tilt tenable?

Germany, already Europe's biggest supporter of Ukraine, has unveiled plans to double its military aid to Kyiv for 2024, while continuing to invest in its armed forces in order to become "the backbone of European defence". It’s a strategy shift Berlin hopes to maintain over the long term, but counting…

France 24

BBC Radio Documentary Researches 300 Jews Who Enlisted In German Army

Fewer than 80 years after the Holocaust, some 300 Jews serve in the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces

Zenger

Germany receives 178 compensation applications from gay servicepeople over discrimination

The German defense ministry says that it has received 178 applications for compensation from gay servicepeople who experienced discrimination in the military in the past

The Independent UK

Germany offers to station 4,000 troops in Lithuania to strengthen NATO's eastern flank

Germany says it is willing to send around 4,000 troops to Lithuania on a permanent basis to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank

The Independent UK

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Russian UN Security Council presidency is absurd, says Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday said it was absurd that Russia had assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council, adding this showed the institution's "total bankruptcy". Earlier in the day, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu promised to increase the supply of ammunition to Russian forces in…

France 24

Germany's military gaps cannot be fully bridged by 2030, defence minister

Germany's military cannot completely fill its existing gaps by 2030, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius was quoted as saying, as Berlin seeks to revamp its armed forces after Russia's invasion of Ukraine following decades of neglect.

Reuters

Germany to send additional 12 billion euros in military support to Ukraine

The German government has agreed to send an additional 12 billion euros ($13.01 billion) worth of military support to Ukraine.

Reuters

German Leopard 2 tanks now in Ukraine, Berlin confirms

Eighteen German vehicles handed over at border to bolster military supplies from Britain and EU countries

The Guardian - UK

German Leopard 2 tanks have reached Ukraine

The 18 Leopard 2 battle tanks pledged by Germany to support Ukraine in its war against Russia have arrived in Ukraine, the German Defence Ministry said on Monday.

Reuters

Germany to buy Airbus civil helicopter and convert for combat - Business Insider

Germany's Defence Ministry wants to buy 82 Airbus H-145M civilian helicopters and convert some of them into combat helicopters to replace its Tiger combat fleet, Business Insider reported, citing military internal documents.

Reuters

Defense minister denies German military is 'a mess'

Germany’s defense minister has rejected suggestions that the country’s armed forces are in a state of disarray

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

German defense minister replaces chief of the armed forces

The German government says the defense minister has decided to replace the chief of the country’s armed forces by putting in his place the military’s current head of domestic operations

France 24

Germany’s Scholz announced tectonic policy shifts, but a year on, not much has budged

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Washington for talks with US President Joe Biden on Friday, with Ukraine the sole item on the agenda. This comes just over a year after Scholz’s momentous “Zeitenwende” speech in reaction to the Russian invasion, in which he vowed radical changes to Germany’s defence and…

The Guardian - UK

German politicians and military chiefs suggest return of conscription

Berlin government attempts to pour cold water over prominent voices seeking to reverse Merkel-era phase out

Evening Standard

Ukraine in talks with West to fast-track missiles for war

Ukraine is in “fast-track” talks with its Western allies to get long-range missiles and military aircraft to help it fight off the Russian invasion, according to a top Ukrainian givernment aide.

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Fortune

Germany's Ukraine tank decision has major economic implications

It puts a final dagger in the heart of Germany’s decades-old policy of avoiding war in Europe through trade and cooperation.

Al Jazeera

‘Rather pathetic’: Germany feels the heat after tank resistance

German reluctance to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine alleviated as US steps up with Abrams.

Reuters

Germany to send Leopard tanks to Kyiv, allow others to do so - sources

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has decided to send Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine and allow other countries such as Poland to do so while the United States may supply Abrams tanks, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Reuters

Germany's new defence minister faces pressure on tanks, army upgrade

There will be no grace period for Germany's new defence minister who takes office as pressure is piling on Berlin to send battle tanks to Ukraine and to upgrade its dilapidated armed forces in the face of Europe's biggest conflict since World War II.

Al Jazeera

How much money has the West spent on the Ukraine war?

A German research institute is tracking the funding flowing to Kyiv from its allies as Russia’s offensive grinds on.

France 24

Why the US declined to send Ukraine long-range missiles, tanks

When President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Washington on Wednesday, the US announced that it would finally be sending Patriot missiles to Ukraine, 300 days into the war. However, the Biden administration declined to give Ukraine ATACM long-range missiles due to wariness about escalation risks, and declined to send US tanks because…

Reuters

Berlin lags on defence purchases after 100 billion euro pledge - sources

Germany is struggling to ramp up defence procurement or even just replace arms and munitions it has supplied to Kyiv, several sources told Reuters eight months after Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged 100 billion euros to bring the military up to speed.

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