The UK’s new government announces its ongoing support for Ukraine, and Germany approves a 2025 draft budget with less aid for Ukraine. The King of the United Kingdom, Charles III, delivered a speech about the new Labour Party government’s program, which also mentioned Ukraine. Charles III emphasized London’s “unshak... #CharlesIII #DefenseSpending #Germany #GreatBritain #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SupportUkraine
Ukraine’s partners allocate hundreds of millions for reconstruction and preparation for the coming winter. The government of Belgium agreed to provide €150M in financing for Ukrainian reconstruction projects. Part of the funds will be directed to restoring energy and social infrastructure in the Kyiv and C... #Belgium #EnergyRestore #Germany #Latvia #Okhmatdyt #UkraineReconstruction #UkraineRecovery
The US and Germany will strengthen Ukrainian air defense capabilities. US Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith noted that the summit will feature fresh news on air defense for Ukraine. “We will have a financial commitment, according to which both Ukraine and Moscow wi... #Germany #JulianneSmith #NATOsummit #PatriotSystems #UkraineNATO #WarinUkraine
The German Ministry of Defense is asking the Ministry of Finance to allocate an additional €4B for the supply of weapons to Ukraine. The head of the German Ministry of Defense, Boris Pistorius, is convinced that an additional €4B should be allocated from the budget to support Ukraine this year. About €7B has been allocated this yea... #BorisPistorius #ChristianLindner #DefenseSpending #Germany #LeopardBattleTanks #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Britain plans to increase its defense spending to 2.5% of GDP, and Germany is unhappy with its military spending. The new Prime Minister of the UK, Keir Starmer, has promised to increase the country’s defense spending to 2.5% of its economic output. He noted that this would become possible as soon as “... #BorisPistorius #DefenseSpending #Germany #GreatBritain #KeirStarmer #NATO
Ukraine receives more defense support, including a Mistral air defense system and a third Patriot air defense system. Ukraine received short-range Mistral anti-aircraft missile systems and missiles for them from Estonia. The Mistral is a modern anti-aircraft missile defense system designed in France to defend against... #Bulgaria #DronesCoalition #Estonia #Germany #Latvia #Mistral #NATOsummit #PatriotSystems
Germany exports 65% of its weapons to Ukraine; German combat vehicles are already being restored in our country. According to the German Ministry of Economy, since the beginning of the year the government has approved the supply of at least €7.48B in military goods abroad. Weapons account for €5.52B, with €1.96B... #Germany #HermanSmetanin #LYNX #Rheinmetall #ukroboronprom #WeaponsExport
The US is preparing to announce a $150M military aid package to Ukraine, and Prague and Madrid deliver weapons. The new package from the US will include anti-tank weapons, grenades, and critically needed 155-mm and 105-mm artillery shells; it is also expected to contain ammunition for HIMARS artillery rocket sy... #ArtilleryShells #Germany #HIMARSartillery #LeopardBattleTanks #PatriotSystems #USmilitaryAid #WeaponsforUkraine
Germany helped improve logistics at the Ukrainian border, while the Czech Republic warned about the low quality of the shells that had been purchased. Germany handed over 41 Mercedes Arocs trucks to the State Border Service of Ukraine to improve border patrol logistics and combat effectiveness at the front. At the same time, the Minister of Defense ... #ArtilleryShells #CzechRepublic #Germany #JanaČernochová #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SouthKoreaAid #WarinUkraine
Germany employed only 16% of the Ukrainian refugees it planned to achieve in seven months. German Minister of Labor Hubertus Heil launched the Jobturbo program in the fall of 2023 to integrate migrants who can obtain asylum in the country into the German labor market as quickly as possible.... #Germany #HubertusHeil #RefugeesIntegration #UkrainiansAbroad #WorkForRefugees
Ukraine receives a large batch of weapons with IRIS-Ts, tanks, and HIMARS from Germany and artillery shells from the Czech initiative. Ukraine received another large delivery of weapons from Germany, including air defense systems, tanks, and armored vehicles. The package includes 20 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, 10 Leopard 1 A5 ... #ArtilleryShells #Germany #HIMARSartillery #IRIS-T #JanLipavsky #LeopardBattleTanks #Marder #Pentagon
The EC will create an equity fund to promote Ukraine’s recovery. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reported that his country and its European partners are already defining decisive guidelines and essential prerequisites for Ukraine’s successful recovery. “Recover... #Germany #OlafScholz #UkraineRecovery #URC2024
Germany will provide a new €500M aid package, a Patriot air defense system, and allow Ukraine to use its weapons to strike military facilities in Russia. During his trip to Odesa at the end of last week, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced a new €500M military aid package for Ukraine. The aid includes a large number of missiles for Iris-T... #BorisPistorius #Germany #IRIS-T #MilitaryAidforUkraine #PatriotSystems #RussianMilitaryTargets #WarinUkraine
Germany and the Czech Republic have led the energy revolution in the EU and want to eliminate the remaining 20% of imports from Russia. Germany and the Czech Republic are calling on the EU to do more to cut the last 20% of Russian energy imports. The countries are asking for the creation of a working group to determine ways to gradual... #CzechRepublic #EnergyIndependence #EnergySourcesRussia #EUenergy #Germany #LNG #RussianGas
Germany sends Leopard tanks and an IRIS-T air defense system to Ukraine, and the US officially announces the next military aid package. Germany handed over a new batch of military aid to Ukraine, which includes artillery shells, Leopard 1 AP tanks, machine guns, drones, rifles, and ammunition. Ukraine received: 10 Leopard 1 A5 tanks, ... #ArtilleryShells #Germany #HimarsForUkraine #IRIS-T #LeopardBattleTanks #MilitaryAidforUkraine #VectorDrones
Germany will support the US plan to provide Ukraine with $50B in aid secured by revenue from frozen Russian assets. Germany’s agreement could be a crucial step that moves Washington and its allies closer to receiving a major new aid package for Kyiv and secures US support regardless of the outcome of November... #G7 #Germany #RussianAssetsArrested #RussianAssetsProfits #SupportUkraine
How has trade between Ukraine and Germany developed since the beginning of the Russian aggression? In 2023, Germany became the third ($4.9B) largest exporter of goods to Ukraine and the fifth ($2B) largest importer of Ukrainian goods. Last year, exports to Germany recovered compared to 2022’s level... #Germany #UkraineExport #UkraineForeignTrade #UkraineImport #UkraineTrade
Germany is offering Ukrainian businesses up to €1M for eco-modernization of their production. The German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) is launching a new grant program for Ukrainian businesses. Enterprises that want to implement their own production eco-modernization projects are... #BusinessSupport #EcoModernization #Germany #GrantsForBusiness #Khust #ModernizationUkraine
Germany opposes the transfer of Russian assets to Ukraine due to fears of new WWII lawsuits. Demands for reparations stemming from WWII crimes have dogged Germany for decades. Calls for further reparations are appearing even now. In 2019, Greece demanded more than $300B in compensation, while... #Germany #ReparationsForUkraine #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsConfiscation #WWII
Norway joins the air defense system initiative, Sweden assumes the provision of Patriot systems, and Germany promises urgent delivery. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said that his country will contribute financially to the initiative that provides Ukraine with additional air defense systems. He clarified that for this cont... #AirDefenseSystems #Germany #JonasGahrStore #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Norway #PatriotSystems #WarinUkraine
Germany will mobilize the private sector to rebuild Ukraine, and Italy will form a list of interested companies. On April 10, the German government will consider a comprehensive document on the mobilization of private sector resources for Ukraine’s restoration, the Ministry of Economic Development of Germany rep... #Germany #InvestmentsinUkraine #ItalyAidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #UkraineReconstruction #UkraineRecovery
Gazprom has informed Austria, Germany, and Italy about cuts in gas supplies. On June 15, OMV from Austria r announced a reduction in gas supplies from Gazprom. The company did not specify how much supplies have been reduced but stressed that “OMV can fully compensate fo... #Austria #GazpromSupplies #Germany #NordStream1
Germany accuses Russia of using energy as a weapon. German Vice-Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habeck accused Russia on Thursday of using energy “as a weapon,” following an announcement by the Russian government on Wednesday to impo... #Germany #RobertHabeck #RussianAgression #RussianOil
Dmytro Kuleba has proposed for German companies to relocate to Ukraine. On Thursday, Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba urged German companies to pull out of Russia and relocate to Ukraine. Kuleba tweeted, “As Russia keeps committing heinous atrocities in Ukrain... #DmytroKuleba #Germany #RussianAgression #WarinUkraine
Germany will not accept gas through Nord Stream 2. The German government has rejected speculation that it may activate the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany to compensate for gas flow reduction through Ukraine, stated the press secreta... #AnnikaEingorn #EUenergy #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianOilEmbargo
Germany makes another attempt to supply weapons to Ukraine. According to Spiegel, Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht announced on Tuesday at a conference on Ukraine at Rammstein Air Base that Germany wants to allow the supply of Gepard anti-aircraft weapons.... #ChristineLambrecht #Germany #GermanyWeapons #Panzerhaubitze2000
Germany will help Ukraine with grain exports. The German federal government wants to ensure that Ukraine can continue growing grain and delivering it to the world despite the war, reported Handelsblatt. The export of this year’s agricultur... #DBCargo #DeutscheBahnAG #Germany #GrainExports
Germany is ready for an oil embargo. The Minister of Economy, Vice-Chancellor of Germany Robert Habeck, believes that his country is prepared to abandon imports of Russian oil in the coming days. He is convinced that Germany can become c... #Germany #OilEmbargo #RobertHabeck
Germany will abandon Russian oil imports by the end of 2022, and then gas. Germany will halve Russian oil imports #AnnalenaBaerbock #Germany #RussianOil
Germany will allocate €2B for military equipment, mainly for Ukraine. A source in the German government said that Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to give an additional €2B for new military equipment, primarily to help Ukraine, reported Reuters. The money will be spent on n... #Germany #GermanyAid #GermanyMilitaryAid #OlafScholz #War
Germany says Ukraine needs more weapons. According to Bloomberg, German Minister of Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock says Ukraine needs heavy weapons. She noted that daily reports and pictures of atrocities in Ukraine make it all the more ... #AnnalenaBaerbock #Germany #GermanyWeapons #Ukrainewar #WeaponforUkraine
Germany is considering nationalizing the “daughters” of Gazprom and Rosneft. The German Ministry of Economics is considering the nationalization of Gazprom’s and Rosneft’s divisions due to concerns over the security of the energy supply, reported Handelsblatt. Suc... #Gazprom #Germany #Rosneft
