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Ukrainian Holocaust survivor likens Putin to Hitler in Bundestag address

During a speech in the Bundestag, Roman Shvartsman, an 88-year-old resident of Odesa who survived the Holocaust, compared Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, German broadcaster DW reported on Jan 29.

30 January 2025, 12:24 AM

German politician Wagenknecht labels Putin a ‘criminal’

Sahra Wagenknecht, leader of Germany’s Left Party (SSW) and often referred to as a “friend” of Russian President Vladimir Putin due to her pro-Russian stance, has distanced herself from him, calling him a “criminal.”

20 December 2024, 12:08 PM

Germany's political earthquake: what it means for Ukraine and Ukrainians

Germany, known for its political stability, is now experiencing a seismic political shift. Since reunification in 1990, the country has enjoyed 33 years of steady progress. During this time, power alternated between two dominant political forces: the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), led by Helmut Kohl and Angela Merkel, and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), headed by Gerhard Schröder and the current chancellor, Olaf Scholz.

19 December 2024, 10:55 AM

German opposition leader Merz to visit Kyiv

Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and candidate for German Chancellorship, will visit Ukraine in the coming days, Merz announced on Dec. 4.

4 December 2024, 11:26 PM

German Chancellor Scholz urges dialogue with Ukraine on paths to end conflict

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for negotiations with Ukraine to discuss paths to ending the war, emphasizing the need for Kyiv’s input in the peace process, during government hearings in the Bundestag on Dec. 4, Stern reports.

4 December 2024, 06:45 PM

Bundestag may vote on providing Ukraine with Taurus missiles

Christian Dürr, leader of Germany’s Free Democratic Party (FDP), said the Bundestag could vote on supplying Ukraine with long-range Taurus missiles. He shared this in an interview with the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.

16 November 2024, 10:43 AM

Most of German aid to Ukraine secure despite coalition collapse

Germany will be able to deliver the majority of its promised $4.3 billion in military aid to Ukraine, even if it fails to pass the 2025 budget on time due to the collapse of the government coalition, Reuters reported on Nov. 7.

7 November 2024, 08:58 PM

German MP promises Ukraine sustained support from Berlin

Ralf Stenger, a German MP from the Social Democratic Party (member of the ruling coalition), affirmed that Berlin’s support for Ukraine will not diminish under any circumstances, after a meeting with Ukrainian officials in Kyiv on Aug. 22.

23 August 2024, 01:17 AM

Germany to shift some Ukraine aid to international programs

Future bilateral aid to Ukraine will partly shift to international programs, Germany's Finance Ministry has announced on Aug. 17 in response to a request from Ukraine's public broadcaster Suspilne.

18 August 2024, 12:30 PM

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry denies reports of German military aid suspension in 2025

Statements about the alleged termination of military assistance to Ukraine by the German government are incorrect and manipulative, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhiy Tykhyi told news agency Ukrinform on Aug. 17.

17 August 2024, 09:28 PM

Bundestag sees Kursk success as reason to send more Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine

Markus Faber, head of the Bundestag's Defense Committee, stated that the Ukrainian army's offensive in Kursk Oblast provides a pretext for transferring more German Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, he wrote on X on Aug. 11.

12 August 2024, 10:55 AM

Kursk operation proves Putin controls nothing, says Bundestag Defense Chair

The Ukrainian Armed Forces' operation in Kursk has shown that dictator Vladimir Putin "controls nothing" in Russia, Marcus Faber, chairman of the Bundestag's defense committee, said on X on Aug. 11.

11 August 2024, 07:55 PM

Ukraine bars far-left German MP from entry

Sören Pellmann, a German MP representing Die Linke party, has been deported from Ukraine and barred from entering the country, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry confirmed on July 11.

11 July 2024, 10:03 PM

Germany to upgrade military arsenal with 6 billion Euro allocation

The Budget Committee of the German Parliament allocated more than 6 billion Euros for purchase of tanks, ammunition and air defense systems, Reuters reported on July 3.

4 July 2024, 12:58 PM

German government rejects call to deport jobless Ukrainian refugees

The German government has rejected a proposal by Alexander Dobrindt, leader of the Bavarian opposition party Christian Social Union (CSU) in the Bundestag, who called for the deportation of Ukrainian refugees without jobs, NTV reported on June 24.

24 June 2024, 05:00 PM

AfD boycotts Zelenskyy’s Bundestag address

Leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party have stated they ignored President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s speech in the Bundestag, echoing Russian propaganda narratives questioning his legitimacy, German outlet n-tv reported on June 11.

11 June 2024, 11:02 PM

German Chancellor Scholz’s party urges approval for Ukrainian strikes on Russian soil with German arms

Michael Roth, head of the Foreign Affairs Committee in Germany’s Bundestag from Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic (SPD) party, called for permitting Ukraine to use weapons on targets in Russian territory, the German news service Tagesschau reported on May 30.

30 May 2024, 03:00 PM

Taurus missile reactivation doesn't alter Scholz's stance on arms supply, notes Welt

The German government has decided to modernize and put back into service all the long-range Taurus cruise missiles in service, the German newspaper Welt reported on March 12.

13 March 2024, 03:40 PM

Scholz opposes circular missile exchange with UK, which would allow transfer of Taurus to Ukraine

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz opposed the circular exchange of British Storm Shadow missiles for German Taurus on March 12, which would allow the transfer of long-range weapons to Ukraine, DW reported.

12 March 2024, 04:25 PM

Bavarian Premier slams Chancellor Scholz for refusing to provide Ukraine with Taurus missiles

Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder has sharply criticized German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for his refusal to supply Ukraine with Taurus missiles. The statement was made during Söder’s visit to the MBDA Deutschland guided missile manufacturing plant in Schrobenhausen, Bavaria on March 5, Die Welt reported.

6 March 2024, 04:00 PM

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