{"id":1243595,"date":"2022-01-26T14:23:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T19:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1243595"},"modified":"2022-01-26T14:23:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T19:23:15","slug":"germany-sends-ukraine-5000-helmets-to-defend-against-russian-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/germany-sends-ukraine-5000-helmets-to-defend-against-russian-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany Sends Ukraine 5,000 Helmets To Defend Against Russian Invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgermany-sends-ukraine-5000-helmets-to-defend-against-russian-invasion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1243595&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/\">National Security<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Kyiv mayor: &#8216;What kind of support will Germany send next? Pillows?&#8217;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1366271917_736x514-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"denied:data:image\/gif;base64, R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1366271917_736x514.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1366271917_736x514-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1366271917_736x514-703x491.jpg 703w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tCivilian participants in a Kyiv Territorial Defence unit, including Mariana (C), 52, a marketing researcher, arrive to train on a Saturday in a forest on January 22, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. \/ Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/reuters\/\" title=\"Posts by Reuters\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Reuters<\/a> \u2022 January 26, 2022 2:18 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>BERLIN (Reuters) \u2013&nbsp;<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Germany&nbsp;<\/span>will supply 5,000 military<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">&nbsp;helmets&nbsp;<\/span>to<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">&nbsp;Ukraine&nbsp;<\/span>to help defend against a possible Russian invasion, it said on Wednesday \u2013 an offer Kyiv mayor and former world champion boxer Vitali<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">&nbsp;Klitschko&nbsp;<\/span>dismissed as &#8220;a joke&#8221; that left him &#8220;<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">speechless<\/span>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said Berlin, which has faced growing criticism https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/whose-side-are-you-on-russia-war-threat-shakes-<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">ukraine<\/span>s-faith-ties-with-<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">germany<\/span>-2022-01-25 of its refusal to supply arms to<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">&nbsp;Ukraine&nbsp;<\/span>as other Western countries have done, was responding to a request from the government in Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I received a letter from the Ukrainian embassy, requesting support with military equipment,<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">&nbsp;helmets&nbsp;<\/span>to be precise,&#8221; she told reporters. &#8220;We will supply<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">&nbsp;Ukraine&nbsp;<\/span>with 5,000<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">&nbsp;helmets&nbsp;<\/span>as a clear signal: We are at your side.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Russia has massed tens of thousands of troops near its border with<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">&nbsp;Ukraine&nbsp;<\/span>but denies planning to attack its neighbour.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Ukraine<\/span>\u2018s ambassador to Berlin Andriy Melnyk said the &#8220;symbolic gesture&#8221; was welcome but inadequate as his country needs equipment for hundreds of thousands of soldiers, of which<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">&nbsp;helmets&nbsp;<\/span>are not the most urgently needed part.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are glad that we can see at least the beginning of a change in thinking,&#8221; he told Reuters. &#8220;However, what we need the most are defensive weapons.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the United States and Britain have started sending more arms to<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">&nbsp;Ukraine<\/span>, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ruled out sending &#8220;lethal weapons&#8221; for historical reasons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is exactly how we will continue to work in this conflict. We are working towards reaching a peaceful solution to this conflict in the middle of Europe,&#8221; Lambrecht said.<\/p>\n<p>At the weekend, the defence minister had said<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">&nbsp;Germany&nbsp;<\/span>would also supply a field hospital to<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">&nbsp;Ukraine<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>But<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">&nbsp;Klitschko<\/span>, a former world heavyweight boxing champion who lived for years in<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">&nbsp;Germany&nbsp;<\/span>and is now mayor of the Ukrainian capital, was unimpressed with Wednesday&#8217;s offer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The behaviour of the German government leaves me&nbsp;<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">speechless<\/span>. The defence ministry apparently hasn&#8217;t realized that we are confronted with perfectly equipped Russian forces that can start another invasion of<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">&nbsp;Ukraine&nbsp;<\/span>at any time,&#8221; he told<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">&nbsp;Germany<\/span>\u2018s largest tabloid Bild.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What kind of support will<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">&nbsp;Germany&nbsp;<\/span>send next?&#8221; he joked. &#8220;Pillows?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Paul Carrel, Sabine Siebold and Andreas Rinke, Writing by Zuzanna Szymanska, Editing by Thomas Escritt and Catherine Evans)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Security Kyiv mayor: &#8216;What kind of support will Germany send next? 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