German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has promised Ukraine further arms deliveries, including the delivery of small arms like sniper rifles. “We will make this possible without delay,” Pistorius said on Tuesday during a joint visit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to a military training area in the north-eastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where Ukrainian soldiers […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius have been to see Ukrainian troops being trained to use the Patriot air defence system. The two visited a military training area in northern Germany on Tuesday afternoon. The exact location was not disclosed for security reasons. Zelensky arrived from Berlin on Tuesday, where he […]
The training of Ukrainian soldiers on Patriot air defence systems in Germany is an important contribution to supporting Ukraine in its defence against Russia, according to German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius. The air defence systems are what Ukraine is currently most dependent on, Pistorius said on Wednesday during a visit to the military training base […]
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has said she supports the call by Defence Minister Boris Pistorius for a significant increase in aid to Ukraine this year. “I am in complete agreement with the minister of defence. And not only with him, but also with the minister of the interior,” Baerbock told the Bild newspaper and […]
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius is in Norway to get a first-hand look at the NATO operations on Norway’s border with Russia. The minister arrived in the town of Kirkenes on Wednesday, the second day of his trip to Scandinavia, and plans to visit a border post manned by NATO-member forces. Up until Russia started […]
(Bloomberg) — President Vladimir Putin is looking to divide Ukraine’s allies with a disinformation campaign, Germany’s defense minister said, days after Russian media published a leaked conversation about the possible deployment of German long-range missiles in Ukraine. Most Read from Bloomberg “It’s about division, it’s about undermining our unity, so we should react in a […]
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has dismissed Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba’s assertion that North Korea is more effective at supplying artillery ammunition to Russia than the West is at supplying it to Ukraine. Source: Ukrainska Pravda, citing the German defence minister, who made the comment in an interview with Bild “These are Kuleba’s statements […]
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been released from prison on parole, more than a decade after he shot his girlfriend in a Valentine’s Day killing that shattered the reputation of a sports superstar. The Department of Corrections gave no more details of Pistorius’ release on Friday. The announcement came at about 8.30am local time, […]
South African former Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius was released on parole on Friday, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend in a crime that shocked a nation long inured to violence against women. Pistorius – dubbed “Blade Runner” for his carbon-fibre prosthetic legs – shot 29-year-old model Reeva Steenkamp dead through a locked bathroom door […]
Former sporting superstar Oscar Pistorius might be the most infamous killer in the world. The former Paralympic champion will leave prison in South Africa on Friday on parole, having served half of his more than 13-year sentence for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day 2013. The twists and turns of his trial nearly […]
Ex-Paralympian Oscar Pistorius is to be freed on parole from a South African jail, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. He shot her multiple times through a bathroom door in 2013, later saying he mistook her for a burglar. Pistorius, now 37, was eventually convicted of murder in 2015 after an appeal […]
Former Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison on Friday after he was granted parole nearly 11 years after killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Here is a look at what will happen to Pistorius after his release under South Africa’s so-called restorative justice programme. What will happen to Pistorius after his release? Pistorius […]