Despite a spending and recruitment drive triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, German military troop numbers fell slightly last year. Berlin has mooted more drastic approaches to try to broaden the recruitment net.
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Germany has reached an agreement with eastern European partners to supply Ukraine with a new batch of heavy weapons "in the next few days", Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Thursday.