This is reported by DW, which refers to the German weekly Der Spiegel.

The newspaper reported that the Russian special services spied in Germany on the process of training Ukrainian military personnel to work with Western weapons systems.

According to the data of the German military counter-intelligence service MAD, Russian agents monitored the training of Ukrainians near the city of Idar-Oberstein in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, as well as near the city of Grafenwehr in Bavaria.

In Idar-Oberstein, Bundeswehr instructors trained Ukrainian colleagues to use Panzerhaubitze 2000 (PzH 2000) self-propelled artillery installations, and in Grafenwehr, the US military held classes on the use of American artillery systems.

Shortly after the start of the training process, MAD spotted suspicious vehicles that appeared to be monitoring the roads leading to both military installations.

In addition, small drones flew over the training centers several times, filming the training of Ukrainian soldiers, reports Spiegel.

The German security services also suspect that the Russian special services may have tried to access the mobile phones of Ukrainians with the help of special devices, the magazine writes.

Grafenwehr is home to the largest US military training ground in Europe with an area of ​​200 square kilometers.

In late April, US Defense Department spokesman John Kirby confirmed that the United States had begun training Ukrainian soldiers in handling major weapons systems at US military facilities in Germany.

It was about preparation for the use of howitzers, radar systems and armored vehicles, which are supplied as part of military aid to Ukraine.

"The US military is organizing this training in coordination with the government of Germany, and we are of course grateful for Germany's support," a Pentagon official added at the time.

In addition, on May 11, joint training of Ukrainian soldiers with the armed forces of the Netherlands began at the Bundeswehr artillery school in Idar-Oberstein.

Soldiers were trained to work with PzH 2000. 12 such systems were handed over to Kiev by Germany and the Netherlands.

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Russia's war against Ukraine

• At 5:00 a.m. on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a military operation against Ukraine in the Donbass at the request of the "DPR" and "LPR" groups.

  On February 21, during a televised address to Russians, Putin called the so-called "DPR" and "LPR" independent states within the regions.

  On February 22, the Federation Council ratified this decision.

• All days of the war, Ukrainian cities were bombarded with rockets, aircraft flew over them.

  Russian troops are attacking, including from the territory of Belarus, using airfields, bases and roads.

  Representatives of the Lukashenka regime justify the war, the opposition considers the territory of Belarus occupied and calls for resistance to the Russian invaders.

• On February 27, the International Legion of Territorial Defense was created in Ukraine, and foreign volunteers were invited to join it.

  Belarusians also entered there.

• During the six months of war in Ukraine, 11 Belarusians are known to have died fighting on the Ukrainian side.

  These are Ilya Khrenov, Alyaksei Skoblia, Dmitri Apanasovich, Dmitri Rubashevskyi, Konstantin Dubaila, Pavel "Volat", Ivan Marchuk, Vasil Parfyankov, Vasil Grudovik, Vadim Shatrov and one of the fighters of Kalinovsky's regiment, whose name was not mentioned.

  In addition, it is known for sure about two prisoners from Kalinin - Ian Djurbeyka and Syarhei Dzhogtsev.

  There are no details about their fate.

• It is also known about cases of death of natives of Belarus who fought in Ukraine on the side of Russia.

  During the six months of the war, there were nine such people.

• On March 30, the UN approved the composition of an independent commission that will investigate Russian war crimes in Ukraine.

  It included people who worked in the analysis of the genocide in Rwanda and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

• Contrary to Putin's statements about attacks only on military facilities, the Russians are bombing schools, kindergartens and residential areas of Ukrainian cities.

  The Russians are using banned weapons, including cluster bombs, against civilians.

• On April 1, Lithuania became the first country in the European Union to completely abandon Russian gas.

  Latvia and Estonia followed her example.

  Germany has promised to completely stop using Russian oil by the end of 2022.

• On April 2, after the liberation of the town of Bucha near Kyiv, photojournalists published dozens of photographs showing hundreds of dead people, victims of mass murders committed by Russian troops.

  Many are buried in spontaneous mass graves.

  The Russian occupation also brought great destruction to the people of Barodyan.

  It is also known about a number of rapes, including babies.

• On May 9, the US President signed the Land Leasing Law.

  This law restores the program from the Second World War, which will speed up the supply of weapons to Ukraine and increase the amount of such assistance.

• In June, two volunteers from Great Britain and one from Morocco were sentenced to death in the so-called "DNR".

• Since the beginning of the war, 34 journalists have died.

  Some did not perform professional functions, but were mobilized into the Ukrainian army.

• On July 29, as a result of an attack on the colony in Alenivtsi, at least 53 Ukrainian prisoners, who previously defended the Azovstal plant and surrendered after completing their mission, were killed.

  The Russians accused Ukraine of the attack, the Ukrainian side declared that the prisoners were deliberately killed by the Russian side.

• On August 22, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny announced the official number of dead Ukrainian soldiers.

  According to him, it is about 9,000 soldiers.

  On August 22, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, said that he would refuse any negotiations with the Kremlin in the event that Moscow starts trying the defenders of "Azovstal" in Mariupol.

• During the six months of the war, Russia was able to occupy about 20% of the Ukrainian territory.

  In March, the area of ​​occupied land reached 30%.

  However, at the end of the month, Russian troops retreated from the north of Ukraine, as well as partially from Kharkiv.

  At the end of August, the Crimea, Luhansk and Kherson regions remain completely occupied.

  And also 50% of the territory of the Donetsk region, about 70% of the Zaporizhia region, approximately 30% of the Kharkiv region.

• Kherson remains the only regional center of Ukraine captured by Russia after February 24.

  The city was occupied by Russian troops in the first days of the war without actually fighting.

  Kyiv suspects part of the former leadership of Kherson and the region of treason.

• Independent verification of information about military actions provided by officials of various parties is still impossible.