Before major NATO maneuvers: Putin confidant Medvedev threatens “big war”. NATO exercise “Steadfast Defender 2024”: 90,000 soldiers, including 13,000 Germans.
Germany wants to equip the Ukrainians with Leopard 1 tanks and Marder infantry fighting vehicles for large units in the coming months. Poland is preparing for a possible war with Russia. The Baltics could be cut off by land routes, among others, according to the Bundeswehr.