Germany's liberal defense hawk knocks Paris for scrimping on military aid to Ukraine – POLITICO
France makes “big speeches” but needs to “follow up its words with action,” Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann told POLITICO.
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France makes “big speeches” but needs to “follow up its words with action,” Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann told POLITICO.
Sometimes the metaphors write themselves. As Putin purportedly seeks to showcase the illusion of Russian strength by parading a captured British Saxon armoured personnel carrier from the 1970s in Red Square – donated to Ukraine in 2015 from mothballed British stocks – Ukrainian saboteurs are deep behind Russian lines actually doing the business.
Sometimes the metaphors write themselves. As Putin purportedly seeks to showcase the illusion of Russian strength by parading a captured British Saxon armoured personnel carrier from the 1970s in Red Square – donated to Ukraine in 2015 from mothballed British stocks – Ukrainian saboteurs are deep behind Russian lines actually doing the business.
The head of the defence unit of European aerospace giant Airbus has expressed understanding for the decision by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz not to provide Ukraine with the German-made Taurus cruise missile. Speaking to news magazine Der Spiegel, Airbus Defence and Space chief executive Michael Schöllhorn said that technical solutions could be found to avoid direct German participation in programming the missiles in Ukraine, in remarks published on Saturday. "But I can comprehend the political
Ukraine’s leader says the chancellor wants the missiles to defend Germany — which is not the version of events given to the German public.