Tag: Germany

The German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin has announced that three out of four operational consulates in the Russian Federation will close. The consulates to be closed are: Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and Kaliningrad while the consulate in St. Petersburg and the embassy in Moscow will remain open. Germany also ordered...

German authorities say six people and an unborn child were killed, as well as eight others being wounded, after a gunman opened fire at a Jehovah’s Witness hall on Thursday in Hamburg, Germany. The shooting began at around 9:00 pm local time, where the gunman, identified as former congregation member...

German media is reporting that the federal government will announce the clearing of export licenses for 187 Leopard I tanks for Ukraine. This is in addition to the fourteen Leopard II main battle tanks that chancellor Scholz announced last week. These tanks are to be delivered to Ukraine by...

On the heels of Germany approving to send Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine, German sources have mentioned that Germany is also looking to purchase back fifteen Gepard SPAAGs (Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Guns) to send to Ukraine. Qatar originally purchased the fifteen Gepards from Germany in order to bolster security during...

In an interview on Wednesday with the Financial Times Lockheed Martin's chief operating officer (COO,) Frank St. John, said there is "a lot of conversation about third party transfer of F-16s." St. John went on to say that his company will ramp up production of the jets so they'll...

Early Wednesday morning, the German government acquiesced to international pressure and approved measures to supply “up to two battalions” of Leopard II A6 tanks to Ukraine with an initial tranche of fourteen vehicles. The agreement will also include logistics and maintenance support, possibly within Germany or Poland for the...