On Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, the Bundestag approved a legislative initiative to overhaul the Bundeswehr recruitment system—a new model of military service designed to significantly expand the size of Germany’s armed forces. The bill passed with 323 votes in favor, 272 against, and one abstention.

There are moments in a nation’s life when internal crises reveal not decay, but transformation. Ukraine is living through exactly such a moment. 

Ukraine’s General Staff has reportedly approved a decision that could radically reshape—and possibly end—the presence of foreign volunteers on the front lines.

A wartime corruption scandal shakes Ukraine — and reveals why this painful moment is necessary for the country’s future.

A recent Russian state TV broadcast laid bare something that should no longer be ignored: the Kremlin’s domestic propaganda machine now speaks the language of terrorism — not metaphorically, but literally.

“Ask your daughters.” These words, spoken by Friedrich Merz during a press conference in Berlin on Oct. 20, 2025, have already become a new political manifesto for modern Germany.