Tag: Germany

As this publication reported two days ago, two teenagers in Germany (one Afghan dual national, one Russian) were arrested for planning a terrorist attack at Christmas Day festivities and a synagogue in Cologne, Germany. However, today, German media have announced the arrest of a third migrant, this time an...

According to German media outlet Tagesschau, two teenagers, a German-Afghan dual national and Russian national have been arrested after being caught planning a terrorist attack on Christmas festivities in Cologne, Germany. Authorities were alerted to the threat after the Afghan dual national posted a video to his Telegram page calling...

German Defense Minister Pistorius arrived on a surprise trip to Kyiv yesterday, meeting with key Ukrainian leaders ,including President Zelensky and Defense Minister Umerov, the Ukrainian military, and he observed training. https://twitter.com/julianroepcke/status/1726805376404734306?s=46&t=fwloThPnqgTH71QlDeR_hA He laid flowers at the Maidan Memorial in Kyiv shortly after arriving. Followed by a meeting with a Ukrainian...

Update (1112 EST): A child has died from gunshot wounds sustained in a peer shooting at the Waldbach School. At approximately 0639 EST, initial reports indicated that a large police operation was underway in Offenburg, Germany. The Offenburg Police portal made this announcement: ”On Thursday afternoon, around 12 p.m., there was...

A hostage situation at Hamburg Airport was resolved by police and special forces nearly 18 hours after the suspect drove through security gates and onto the airfield with his 4-year-old child in the vehicle with him. The suspect, a Turkish citizen, fired twice into the air with a weapon before...

According to the German Cabinet, their military has delivered additional IRIS-T air defense systems, TRML-4D air surveillance radars, MARS II MLRS projectiles, and fifteen unmanned aerial vehicles. The German Cabinet keeps a running list of all the military aid delivered to Ukraine. That list can be found here, but...