Tag: Ukraine
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US military stockpiles cluster munitions in Germany, which thus could be in breach of the Oslo Convention
According to a media report, the US army is stockpiling cluster munitions for Ukraine in a depot in Rhineland-Palatinate. But the Oslo Agreement, however, probits transport through and storage in Germany. The US Army stores cluster munitions in the Miesau…
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Lessons learnt from the war in Ukraine: German Armed Forces to catch up on drones
Last year, the Bundeswehr set up a “Task Force Drones”. Now the media are reporting on some of the 200 existing and new measures identified. Drones play a central role in the war in Ukraine, but the German Bundeswehr is…
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Thinning air for conscripts: Berlin is balancing interests of Kiev with human right to conscientious objection
Do conscripted Ukrainians have to return home to renew their passports? The German Federal Ministry of the Interior sees an obligation to do so – actually. Before the Ukraine Reconstruction Conference in Berlin, Development Minister Svenja Schulze ( Social Democratic…
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Under arrest for sabotage plans: Two Russian-Germans allegedly planned attacks on behalf of the Kremlin
The German Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office has arrested two men in Bavaria for acting as agents for Russia. The “Donetsk People’s Republic” is now considered a terrorist organisation. On Wednesday, the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office had the German-Russian nationals Dieter…