Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
RT @deaidua: As many here know, Germany's democratic parties are currently arguing about an additional budget of around €3 billion for #Ukraine. Since I can imagine that the whole situation can be a bit confusing for non-Germans, I try to summarize it all for you in a simplified way.
1) What is it about?
2) What are the problems?
3) When can a decision be expected?
1) What is it about?
Basically, Germany's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock, and Germany's Minister of Defence, Boris Pistorius, have teamed up to secure an additional budget of around €3 billion for aid to Ukraine before the upcoming elections in February.
Work on this has already been underway for around two months. The funds are to be used to procure urgently needed military assistance, such as additional air defence systems, ammunition and self-propelled artillery systems. This should not only mean additional military support for Ukraine in the short and long...
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RT @deaidua: As many here know, Germany's democratic parties are currently arguing about an additional budget of around €3 billion for #Ukraine. Since I can imagine that the whole situation can be a bit confusing for non-Germans, I try to summarize it all for you in a simplified way.
1) What is it about?
2) What are the problems?
3) When can a decision be expected?
1) What is it about?
Basically, Germany's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock, and Germany's Minister of Defence, Boris Pistorius, have teamed up to secure an additional budget of around €3 billion for aid to Ukraine before the upcoming elections in February.
Work on this has already been underway for around two months. The funds are to be used to procure urgently needed military assistance, such as additional air defence systems, ammunition and self-propelled artillery systems. This should not only mean additional military support for Ukraine in the short and long...
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IgorGirkin (Twitter)
RT @Playfra0: 1/🧵
On the #Pokrovsk front, #Russia 🇷🇺 can't keep up the pressure anymore and was forced to downscale its offensive efforts.
#Ukraine 🇺🇦 is exploiting this by counter-attacking in many places along this sector, while fortifications are being strongly reinforced with a novelty: the great use of barbed wire.
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RT @Playfra0: 1/🧵
On the #Pokrovsk front, #Russia 🇷🇺 can't keep up the pressure anymore and was forced to downscale its offensive efforts.
#Ukraine 🇺🇦 is exploiting this by counter-attacking in many places along this sector, while fortifications are being strongly reinforced with a novelty: the great use of barbed wire.
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Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (Twitter)
RT @deaidua: German Military Aid to #Ukraine updated with 👇
DELIVERED IN THE PAST ~ 5 WEEKS
— 300 HF-1 loitering munitions
— 14 Hornet XR UAVs
— 245 RQ-35 Heidrun UAVs
— 29 Songbird UAVs
— 51 Vector UAVs
— 4 Zuzana 2 self-propelled artillery systems
— 56 FFG MRAPs
— 16 mine ploughs
— 2 WiSENT 1 MC mine-clearing tanks
— 8 border protection vehicles
— 133 AK-47 assault rifles
— 150 CR 308 rifles
— 2,915 HK416 assault rifles
— 64 HLR 338 precision rifles
— 100 MG5
— 900 MK 556 assault rifles
— ? IRIS-T missiles for IRIS-T SLS launchers
— ? IRIS-T SL missiles for IRIS-T SLM fire units
— 41,000 35mm HEI-T rounds for Gepard & Cheetah SPAAGs
— ? ammunition for Leopard 1A5 MBTs
— ? ammunition for Marder 1A3 IFVs
— 2,000 122mm shells
— 50,000 155mm shells
— 74,000 40mm rounds for automatic grenade launchers
— 645 laser range finders
— 27,800 wool blankets
— 37,200 tourniquets
Full military aid overview in 🇩🇪 deaidua.org
Full military aid overview in 🇬🇧 deaidua.org/en/
RT @deaidua: German Military Aid to #Ukraine updated with 👇
DELIVERED IN THE PAST ~ 5 WEEKS
— 300 HF-1 loitering munitions
— 14 Hornet XR UAVs
— 245 RQ-35 Heidrun UAVs
— 29 Songbird UAVs
— 51 Vector UAVs
— 4 Zuzana 2 self-propelled artillery systems
— 56 FFG MRAPs
— 16 mine ploughs
— 2 WiSENT 1 MC mine-clearing tanks
— 8 border protection vehicles
— 133 AK-47 assault rifles
— 150 CR 308 rifles
— 2,915 HK416 assault rifles
— 64 HLR 338 precision rifles
— 100 MG5
— 900 MK 556 assault rifles
— ? IRIS-T missiles for IRIS-T SLS launchers
— ? IRIS-T SL missiles for IRIS-T SLM fire units
— 41,000 35mm HEI-T rounds for Gepard & Cheetah SPAAGs
— ? ammunition for Leopard 1A5 MBTs
— ? ammunition for Marder 1A3 IFVs
— 2,000 122mm shells
— 50,000 155mm shells
— 74,000 40mm rounds for automatic grenade launchers
— 645 laser range finders
— 27,800 wool blankets
— 37,200 tourniquets
Full military aid overview in 🇩🇪 deaidua.org
Full military aid overview in 🇬🇧 deaidua.org/en/
IgorGirkin (Twitter)
RT @deaidua: German Military Aid to #Ukraine updated with 👇
DELIVERED IN THE PAST ~ 5 WEEKS
— 300 HF-1 loitering munitions
— 14 Hornet XR UAVs
— 245 RQ-35 Heidrun UAVs
— 29 Songbird UAVs
— 51 Vector UAVs
— 4 Zuzana 2 self-propelled artillery systems
— 56 FFG MRAPs
— 16 mine ploughs
— 2 WiSENT 1 MC mine-clearing tanks
— 8 border protection vehicles
— 133 AK-47 assault rifles
— 150 CR 308 rifles
— 2,915 HK416 assault rifles
— 64 HLR 338 precision rifles
— 100 MG5
— 900 MK 556 assault rifles
— ? IRIS-T missiles for IRIS-T SLS launchers
— ? IRIS-T SL missiles for IRIS-T SLM fire units
— 41,000 35mm HEI-T rounds for Gepard & Cheetah SPAAGs
— ? ammunition for Leopard 1A5 MBTs
— ? ammunition for Marder 1A3 IFVs
— 2,000 122mm shells
— 50,000 155mm shells
— 74,000 40mm rounds for automatic grenade launchers
— 645 laser range finders
— 27,800 wool blankets
— 37,200 tourniquets
Full military aid overview in 🇩🇪 deaidua.org
Full military aid overview in 🇬🇧 deaidua.org/en/
RT @deaidua: German Military Aid to #Ukraine updated with 👇
DELIVERED IN THE PAST ~ 5 WEEKS
— 300 HF-1 loitering munitions
— 14 Hornet XR UAVs
— 245 RQ-35 Heidrun UAVs
— 29 Songbird UAVs
— 51 Vector UAVs
— 4 Zuzana 2 self-propelled artillery systems
— 56 FFG MRAPs
— 16 mine ploughs
— 2 WiSENT 1 MC mine-clearing tanks
— 8 border protection vehicles
— 133 AK-47 assault rifles
— 150 CR 308 rifles
— 2,915 HK416 assault rifles
— 64 HLR 338 precision rifles
— 100 MG5
— 900 MK 556 assault rifles
— ? IRIS-T missiles for IRIS-T SLS launchers
— ? IRIS-T SL missiles for IRIS-T SLM fire units
— 41,000 35mm HEI-T rounds for Gepard & Cheetah SPAAGs
— ? ammunition for Leopard 1A5 MBTs
— ? ammunition for Marder 1A3 IFVs
— 2,000 122mm shells
— 50,000 155mm shells
— 74,000 40mm rounds for automatic grenade launchers
— 645 laser range finders
— 27,800 wool blankets
— 37,200 tourniquets
Full military aid overview in 🇩🇪 deaidua.org
Full military aid overview in 🇬🇧 deaidua.org/en/
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
RT @deaidua: It's already well known that Rheinmetall is planning to manufacture Lynx IFVs in #Ukraine. To date, I have repeatedly pointed out that AFAIK the project has no secured funding. SPIEGEL now writes that Rheinmetall plans to start the production in Ukraine in 2027.
Still, no information on whether there is a signed contract with secured funding, or whether 2027 is simply a possible timeline.
RT @deaidua: It's already well known that Rheinmetall is planning to manufacture Lynx IFVs in #Ukraine. To date, I have repeatedly pointed out that AFAIK the project has no secured funding. SPIEGEL now writes that Rheinmetall plans to start the production in Ukraine in 2027.
Still, no information on whether there is a signed contract with secured funding, or whether 2027 is simply a possible timeline.
Necro Mancer (Twitter)
RT @ChristopherJM: You can watch our @FT documentary on YouTube: Russia's executions of Ukrainian prisoners point to systematic policy
The film investigates the rise in cases of Russian soldiers executing Ukrainian POWs & reveals likely identity of Russian behind killings.
RT @ChristopherJM: You can watch our @FT documentary on YouTube: Russia's executions of Ukrainian prisoners point to systematic policy
The film investigates the rise in cases of Russian soldiers executing Ukrainian POWs & reveals likely identity of Russian behind killings.
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Ukrainian war crimes prosecutors believe it is part of Russian policy to execute surrendering prisoners of war. The FT investigates the evidence to map the rise in cases. We talk to the people who are documenting Russian war crimes and we look into a mass…
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
RT @deaidua: A few updates on Rheinmetall’s involvement in #Ukraine based on an interview of Rheinmetall CEO Papperger with DW 👇
→ Confirmation that the construction of the planned factory for the production of air defence systems in Ukraine has not yet started, as there are still no orders to date.
→ In the case of the Lynx IFV, decisions still have to be made as to where the IFVs will be deployed. In addition, there is still no funding, so there is still no production there either.
→ Production of 155mm shells by the newly constructed plant in Unterlüß (Germany) starts in April 2025. Deliveries to Ukraine will follow afterwards.
→ Logistical routes are currently being established for the already opened maintenance hub in Ukraine to ensure that sufficient spare parts find their way to the hub. After that, the repair/maintenance of not only Marder 1A3 IFVs which currently already takes place, but also Leopard 1 & 2 MBTs and PzH 2000 SPGs...
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RT @deaidua: A few updates on Rheinmetall’s involvement in #Ukraine based on an interview of Rheinmetall CEO Papperger with DW 👇
→ Confirmation that the construction of the planned factory for the production of air defence systems in Ukraine has not yet started, as there are still no orders to date.
→ In the case of the Lynx IFV, decisions still have to be made as to where the IFVs will be deployed. In addition, there is still no funding, so there is still no production there either.
→ Production of 155mm shells by the newly constructed plant in Unterlüß (Germany) starts in April 2025. Deliveries to Ukraine will follow afterwards.
→ Logistical routes are currently being established for the already opened maintenance hub in Ukraine to ensure that sufficient spare parts find their way to the hub. After that, the repair/maintenance of not only Marder 1A3 IFVs which currently already takes place, but also Leopard 1 & 2 MBTs and PzH 2000 SPGs...
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
RT @deaidua: I just want to point out that It's not exactly news that Germany tried to buy arms from Brazil for #Ukraine. For example, Germany attempted to procure ammunition for the Gepard/Cheetah SPAAGs in 2022 and for the Leopard 1 MBTs in 2023. Both requests were rejected.
The negotiations with Brazil were part of really far-reaching negotiations happening since 2022 with various countries around the world that were not directly willing to provide Ukraine with military assistance on a bilateral level.
While, for example, Brazil (fully) and Switzerland (partially) refused to cooperate on different matters, Germany made deals with Qatar and Jordan, allowing additional Gepard/Cheetah SPAAGs and PzH 2000 SPGs to be delivered to Ukraine.
A deal with Egypt allowed a much faster delivery of two IRIS-T SLM fire units to Ukraine, while negotiations with Switzerland even led to them complying for once, since the deal didn't violate their...
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RT @deaidua: I just want to point out that It's not exactly news that Germany tried to buy arms from Brazil for #Ukraine. For example, Germany attempted to procure ammunition for the Gepard/Cheetah SPAAGs in 2022 and for the Leopard 1 MBTs in 2023. Both requests were rejected.
The negotiations with Brazil were part of really far-reaching negotiations happening since 2022 with various countries around the world that were not directly willing to provide Ukraine with military assistance on a bilateral level.
While, for example, Brazil (fully) and Switzerland (partially) refused to cooperate on different matters, Germany made deals with Qatar and Jordan, allowing additional Gepard/Cheetah SPAAGs and PzH 2000 SPGs to be delivered to Ukraine.
A deal with Egypt allowed a much faster delivery of two IRIS-T SLM fire units to Ukraine, while negotiations with Switzerland even led to them complying for once, since the deal didn't violate their...
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Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (Twitter)
🇩🇪Merz: “My impression over the last few days is that Russia and America are finding common ground - over the heads of the Ukraine and thus also over the heads of Europe. That is why everyone is now looking at Germany. How quickly will the Germans be able to form a government after this complicated election result? That is really my priority now.”
🇩🇪Merz: “My impression over the last few days is that Russia and America are finding common ground - over the heads of the Ukraine and thus also over the heads of Europe. That is why everyone is now looking at Germany. How quickly will the Germans be able to form a government after this complicated election result? That is really my priority now.”
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Friedrich Merz (@_FriedrichMerz)
„Mein Eindruck der letzten Tage ist, dass Russland und Amerika zueinander finden - über die Köpfe der #Ukraine hinweg und damit auch über die Köpfe Europas hinweg. Deswegen gucken jetzt auch alle auf Deutschland. Wie schnell sind die Deutschen nach diesem…
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
RT @deaidua: Updates on German Military Aid to #Ukraine → For the first time, we have received official figures on the number of IRIS-T (SL) missiles delivered. At 658 missiles, a bit more than I had expected. We have also received an update on the Patriot missiles delivered: 328 missiles!
There is also a brief update on the number of artillery shells promised for 2025. According to Major General Christian Freuding*, Germany will deliver 370,000 artillery shells to Ukraine this year. However, I assume that not only 155mm and 122mm artillery shells are meant, but also an unspecified number of 120mm mortar shells.
Freuding also provided us with a comparison of the material supplied. He describes that if one adds up all the German-supplied armoured combat vehicles, engineering vehicles and equipment, Germany would have equipped five Ukrainian mechanized brigades so far. In addition, there are several battalions if one also considers the...
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RT @deaidua: Updates on German Military Aid to #Ukraine → For the first time, we have received official figures on the number of IRIS-T (SL) missiles delivered. At 658 missiles, a bit more than I had expected. We have also received an update on the Patriot missiles delivered: 328 missiles!
There is also a brief update on the number of artillery shells promised for 2025. According to Major General Christian Freuding*, Germany will deliver 370,000 artillery shells to Ukraine this year. However, I assume that not only 155mm and 122mm artillery shells are meant, but also an unspecified number of 120mm mortar shells.
Freuding also provided us with a comparison of the material supplied. He describes that if one adds up all the German-supplied armoured combat vehicles, engineering vehicles and equipment, Germany would have equipped five Ukrainian mechanized brigades so far. In addition, there are several battalions if one also considers the...
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
RT @deaidua: “air defense must be a cornerstone of any lasting security guarantees” — I agree, which is why one of Germany's cornerstones of military assistance to #Ukraine has always been the provision of both highly effective and state-of-the-art air defence systems. Let's have a look 👇
Delivered assistance
— 6 IRIS-T SLM fire units
— 10 IRIS-T SLS launchers
— 3 MIM-104 Patriot fire units
— 4 MIM-104 Patriot launchers
— 57 Gepard/Cheetah SPAAGs
— 2 Skynex air defence systems
— 12 Kinetic Defence Vehicles
— 3,200 MANPADS
— nearly 800 anti-drone systems, jammers etc.
— 16 TRML-4D air surveillance radars
Pledged (contracted) assistance
— 6 IRIS-T SLM fire units (3 planned for 2025)
— 14 IRIS-T SLS launchers (6 planned for 2025)
— 2 MIM-104 Patriot launchers (2 planned for 2025)
— 10 Gepard/Cheetah SPAAGs (5 planned for 2025)
— 2 Skynex air defence systems (2 planned for 2025)
— 4 Kinetic Defence Vehicles
— ? FIM-92 Stinger MANPADS
— 51...
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RT @deaidua: “air defense must be a cornerstone of any lasting security guarantees” — I agree, which is why one of Germany's cornerstones of military assistance to #Ukraine has always been the provision of both highly effective and state-of-the-art air defence systems. Let's have a look 👇
Delivered assistance
— 6 IRIS-T SLM fire units
— 10 IRIS-T SLS launchers
— 3 MIM-104 Patriot fire units
— 4 MIM-104 Patriot launchers
— 57 Gepard/Cheetah SPAAGs
— 2 Skynex air defence systems
— 12 Kinetic Defence Vehicles
— 3,200 MANPADS
— nearly 800 anti-drone systems, jammers etc.
— 16 TRML-4D air surveillance radars
Pledged (contracted) assistance
— 6 IRIS-T SLM fire units (3 planned for 2025)
— 14 IRIS-T SLS launchers (6 planned for 2025)
— 2 MIM-104 Patriot launchers (2 planned for 2025)
— 10 Gepard/Cheetah SPAAGs (5 planned for 2025)
— 2 Skynex air defence systems (2 planned for 2025)
— 4 Kinetic Defence Vehicles
— ? FIM-92 Stinger MANPADS
— 51...
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
RT @deaidua: Small update on the possible delivery of Taurus KEPD-350 to #Ukraine: Election winner and very likely future Chancellor Friedrich Merz commented on this today in an interview with FAZ and said Ukraine must be given the systems it needs for its defence.
This also applies to cruise missiles. Whether these cruise missiles will be Taurus KEPD-350 or another system will have to be seen and agreed among the European allies.
He is thus repeating earlier statements that he would like to consult both Great Britain and France prior to a delivery, as both countries have already delivered their own cruise missiles to Ukraine with Storm Shadow and SCALP-EG.
However, as I have already pointed out several times, I highly doubt that Starmer or Macron would oppose a delivery of Taurus KEPD-350. At the same time, we know from the conversation between high-ranking Bundeswehr soldiers leaked last year by the Russians that the Bundeswehr would be...
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RT @deaidua: Small update on the possible delivery of Taurus KEPD-350 to #Ukraine: Election winner and very likely future Chancellor Friedrich Merz commented on this today in an interview with FAZ and said Ukraine must be given the systems it needs for its defence.
This also applies to cruise missiles. Whether these cruise missiles will be Taurus KEPD-350 or another system will have to be seen and agreed among the European allies.
He is thus repeating earlier statements that he would like to consult both Great Britain and France prior to a delivery, as both countries have already delivered their own cruise missiles to Ukraine with Storm Shadow and SCALP-EG.
However, as I have already pointed out several times, I highly doubt that Starmer or Macron would oppose a delivery of Taurus KEPD-350. At the same time, we know from the conversation between high-ranking Bundeswehr soldiers leaked last year by the Russians that the Bundeswehr would be...
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IgorGirkin (Twitter)
RT @_FriedrichMerz: Dear Volodymyr @ZelenskyyUa, we stand with #Ukraine in good and in testing times. We must never confuse aggressor and victim in this terrible war. (FM)
RT @_FriedrichMerz: Dear Volodymyr @ZelenskyyUa, we stand with #Ukraine in good and in testing times. We must never confuse aggressor and victim in this terrible war. (FM)
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