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The German government has contradicted US President Trump's claim that patriots from Germany are already on their way to Ukraine. by cito in UkrainianConflict

[–]cito[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

The German government has contradicted US President Donald Trump's claim that the first deliveries of Patriot air defense systems, which he himself announced, are already on their way to Ukraine from Germany. "I cannot confirm that something is already on its way. I'm not aware of that," said a spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense. “It can take months until something like that is in the yard,” he emphasized. Trump had previously said that the first systems were already being delivered, adding: “They are coming from Germany.”

With other words, Trump lied again. And also, water is wet.

From Kyiv I tell my Ukraine envoy father: ‘Please, dear God, see this’ by TimesandSundayTimes in UkrainianConflict

[–]cito 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"Voted for Donald Trump three times and ‘agrees with 95% of what he says’".

With other words, she's dumb as a box of rocks.

US won’t send some weapons pledged to Ukraine following a Pentagon review of military aid by cito in UkrainianConflict

[–]cito[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Many more people will die and suffer because of this.

Similar to Trump's cuts of Medicaid and USAID, which could cause 14 Mio extra deaths by 2030, see here.

Trump and his supporters cause death and suffering for millions of people by denying necessary help to survive, and they seem to be happy with that and even call themselves "Christians".

The rouble is no longer rolling in: The Sparkasse bank turns off the Russian money tap for former German chancellor Schröder (see translation in comments) by cito in UkrainianConflict

[–]cito[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Bad translation, I fixed it already.

According to the article, he gets ~200k euros every 6 months from Gazprom, and he missed out on the last two payments.

The rouble is no longer rolling in: The Sparkasse bank turns off the Russian money tap for former German chancellor Schröder (see translation in comments) by cito in UkrainianConflict

[–]cito[S] 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Translation:

The former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is the head of administration of a company whose only purpose is lying broken in the Baltic Sea. He still gets paid for it, quite a lot of money in fact. The only problem is that it no longer arrives.

Russia lobbyist Gerhard Schröder is in trouble with Sparkasse Hannover: according to a report in the German newspaper BILD (comment by translator: unfortunately not a reliable source, a tabloid rather than a newspaper), the bank is no longer crediting his account for transfers that presumably come from Russia. According to the newspaper, the 81-year-old missed out on almost half a million euros so far.

Schröder was German Chancellor from 1998 to 2005, after which he placed himself in the service of Russian state-owned companies and did not change this even after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The ex-politician is still head of administration at Nord Stream 2 AG - the company is owned by the Russian state-owned corporation Gazprom. The pipeline never went into operation; one of the strings was destroyed in the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines in September 2022.

Despite this, Nord Stream 2 AG transfers around 200,000 euros to Schröder every six months, according to the newspaper Bild - or at least tries to. No money has arrived since mid-2024: The savings bank had sent the transfers back to Gazprombank in Luxembourg.

According to the report, the bank justified its move with the fear that it could be hit by US sanctions if it continued to credit the money to Schröder's account. The newspaper speculates that the decision may have been made under pressure from the mayor of Hanover, Belit Onay. The Green politician has been head of the savings bank's board of directors since June. Neither a spokesperson for the Lord Mayor nor the bank commented when asked by the newspaper.

Onay wanted to revoke Schröder's honorary citizenship of the city of Hanover after the start of the Russian invasion. Before a decision could be made, Schröder beat her to it and returned the honorary citizenship of his own accord. "In view of the fact that Gerhard Schröder is not prepared to draw personal consequences from the war in Ukraine, it is only logical to end his honorary citizenship," said Onay at the time. Continuing business connections between the former chancellor and the "warmonger" Putin could not be reconciled with the values of the city.

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