He is now mediating at Selenskyj’s request: Bennett talked to Russia’s President for three hours, then he met Scholz. The news ticker.
- Ukraine war*: Israel’s Prime Minister Bennet spoke to Putin*.
- He then informed Chancellor Scholz* (SDP*) about the conversation with Russia’s President.
- More money for the Bundeswehr: Politicians debate how it will be spent (Update from March 6, 7:53 a.m.).
- This News ticker on reactions from Germany is continuously updated. More on the background of the Ukraine crisis* here.
Update from March 6, 7:53 a.m: Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) wants to use the additional funds for the Bundeswehr primarily for the personal equipment of the soldiers. She had commissioned Inspector General Eberhard Zorn “to improve the personal equipment of the troops as quickly as possible,” said Lambrecht Picture on Sunday (BamS).
Patrick Sensburg (CDU), President of the Reservist Association, also called for the number of soldiers (currently 184,000) to be increased “to well over 200,000”.
Ukraine war: CSU politician calls for an “Iron Dome for Berlin”
The defense policy spokesman for the Union faction in the Bundestag, Florian Hahn (CSU), called for the BamS the acquisition of missile defense systems based on the Israeli model, specifically “an Iron Dome for Berlin”. According to Hahn, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin “is capable of anything in his tyranny madness.” “With our current resources, we would not be able to effectively protect our capital from rocket fire.”
After talks with Putin in the Ukraine conflict: Israel’s prime minister informs Chancellor Scholz
First report from March 6th: Berlin – In a meeting scheduled at short notice, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett exchanged views on the Ukraine war. As government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit announced on Sunday night, Bennett informed the Chancellor during a 90-minute conversation in Berlin about the results of a conversation he had with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday.
Scholz and Bennett had agreed “to remain in close contact on the matter – the common goal remains to end the war in Ukraine as quickly as possible,” the statement said.
Ukraine war: Israel’s head of state talks to Putin for three hours
Bennett surprisingly traveled to Moscow on Saturday as a mediator in the Ukraine conflict and spoke to Putin for three hours. According to an Israeli government spokesman, Bennett informed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy* after the meeting. He then flew to Berlin.
The Ukrainian President Selenskyj recently asked Bennett to mediate. Israel has good relations with both Ukraine and Russia, which launched a war of aggression against Ukraine on February 24. (AFP/dpa/frs) *Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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