Putin's troops are becoming confident of victory in the Ukraine war - and complacent. The marching orders given by Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius have long become a Waterloo for German willingness to mobilize Ukraine.
The city of Troisdorf thwarted Diehl's plans - the city council decided, with the votes of the Christian Democrats and the Greens, to issue a right of first refusal for the areas Diehl needed, thus slowing down the company's expansion. Russia recognizes plan behind NATO maneuvers: Australia wanted to supply Kiev with F-18 fighter jets.