Minister of Foreign Affairs, Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir, handed the hammer to the Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics. The hammer was carved by the artist Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir especially as a parting gift. The hammer has a small secret compartment and Gylfadóttir said she had placed a secret message to Rinkevics in it.
KYIV Germany faced a strong backlash from allies on Saturday over its refusal to supply Ukraine with its vaunted Leopard tanks to bolster its fighting capacity in the nearly year-long war with Russia.On Friday, some 50 nations agreed to provide Kyiv with billions of dollars' worth of military hardware, including armoured vehicles and munitions needed to push back Russian
KYIV: Germany faced a strong backlash from allies on Saturday over its refusal to supply Ukraine with its vaunted Leopard tanks to bolster its fighting capacity in the nearly year-long war with Russia.