Bad Memories: Berlin is flexing its military muscles, and a shiver runs through Europe’s spine. Although, it may represent the importance of severing Europe's spine.
Military aid to Ukraine will be doubled in 2024, to €8bn. 4,800 German soldiers will be deployed to NATO's eastern flank in Lithuania, begin training in 2025, and be ready for combat by 2027—an expansion that would have been unthinkable before Putin's invasion of Ukraine.