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Defense Minister Lambrecht during a Bundeswehr exercise (archive): Stationing is "quickly started"
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As part of the strengthening of NATO's eastern flank, Federal Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) has announced that a company will be stationed in Slovakia.
This will be "set in motion quickly," said Lambrecht on Friday evening in a ZDF special on the war in Ukraine.
Germany will get involved in setting up a battle group and also in air defense.
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