Around 400 people protested on Monday around the planned new ammunition factory of the arms company Rheinmetall in Lower Saxony. Chancellor Scholz came to the groundbreaking ceremony - and so did many demonstrators: farmers continue to demand subsidies, activists demand an end to the alleged "war policy" The federal government assessed the expansion of ammunition production in advance as a signal of Germany's continued military support for Ukraine.
Russia experts repeatedly point out that Moscow is not signaling any willingness to compromise and is still sticking to its goal of subjugating Ukraine.