German military aid to Ukraine — Week 50 / 2023
With the latest update, the German government made public that the second Patriot battery, including around 60 missiles, had been delivered to Ukraine.
Germany has delivered a second Patriot air defence system to Ukraine
A spokesperson for the German Luftwaffe confirmed to me that Germany has now delivered the second Patriot battery to Ukraine. All the details in the article.
3700 laptops for Ukrainian schoolchildren in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Ukrainian schoolchildren in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast are receiving substantial help. 3700 laptops are now on their way, so that children and teenagers whose schools were destroyed can take part in digital education as a replacement. 3700 used but fully functional devices were collected in various tax offices throughout the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. A further approximately 700 laptops were also provided by the Ministry of Regional Identity, Local Government, Building and Digitalisation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the IT service provider of the federal state and statistical office and various companies based in the federal state. The delivery of the 3700 laptops, which fill a total of 20 pallets, is being organised by the German-Ukrainian association Blau-Gelbes Kreuz e.V., which has been supporting democratic development in Ukraine for almost ten years and has carried out regular humanitarian aid deliveries to Ukraine since 2022. The Minister of Finance of the…
How Germany is strengthening the Ukrainian special forces
In this article, I explain in more detail how Germany is supporting and building up Ukrainian special operations forces with the appropriate equipment like firearms and vehicles.
German military aid to Ukraine — Week 49 / 2023
With this update, the German government publicised its latest deliveries of military equipment to Ukraine.
How Swiss-made Eagles landed in Ukraine
How did Swiss-made Mowag Eagle I IMVs end up in Ukraine despite the export restrictions and what does the German government have to do with it?
Successful but controversial — The German Ringtausch programme
The German Ringtausch programme — it's very successful, but also controversial. With this article, I tried to shed some light on everything that happened within the programme and how it has affected Ukraine.
Military support from Germany — promises that are not kept
Nobody is perfect. That also applies to Germany. In this article, I discuss promises that Germany has made to Ukraine, which unfortunately cannot be kept for various reasons.
The Leopard Disaster
Comparing a Leopard 2A6 to a T-72 is like comparing a Mercedes-Benz to a Lada. So it's a good thing that Ukraine has received many Leopard 2 MBTs from various partner states. But it's still not without drama...
