“It would be stupid to say that we will not prepare for a military conflict and then it will not happen... Doing nothing is not an option.

A revolution is needed in the healthcare system,” he said in an interview with the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung, as quoted by Tagesschau.

The minister complained that “Russian rhetoric is becoming increasingly harsh”

At the same time, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that there would be neither German military nor NATO troops in Ukraine.

The German Ministry of Defense confirmed to the ARD television channel that the negotiations of German army officers who discussed the attack on the Crimean Bridge with Taurus missiles were bugged.