German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is in favour of using some €140 billion ($163. 5 billion) in frozen Russian assets in Europe to provide an interest-free loan to Ukraine.

While speaking to a space conference in Berlin, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said, "Russia and China have expanded their capabilities for warfare in space rapidly over the past years: They can disrupt satellite operations, blind satellites, manipulate or kinetically destroy them," as reported by Reuters.