The head of the Ministry of Defense of Germany ,

Christine Lambrecht

, who represents the Social Democratic Party in the government, is going to resign.

This was reported by the newspaper

Bild

with reference to its own sources.

Sources of the publication report that the initiative for resignation comes from Lambrecht herself, and not from Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

The publication informs that Lambrecht's replacement is currently under consideration, in particular, Bundeswehr Commissioner Eva Högl may become the new minister.

The resignation is connected with a number of mistakes of the politician,

in particular, Lambrecht's New Year's address

, which caused indignation of both politicians and citizens.

In the video, fireworks were exploding behind the minister as she talked about the war in Ukraine.

The ministers also recalled 5,000 helmets for Ukraine in January of last year, when 200 Russian soldiers were already stationed at the border, ready to attack.

It will be recalled that it was previously reported that Germany may decide

to send Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine next week

.

In addition, we previously informed that the Ministry of Defense of Germany stated

that the transfer of Marder to Ukraine will not weaken the Bundeswehr

.

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