GERMANY - Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius warned that Russia takes three months to produce the amount of weapons the EU does in a year. Germany has issued a shocking warning over the scale of Russia's weapons production, as it reportedly produces four times the amount the EU does. Boris Pistorius, the country's defence minister, said Russia only takes three months to produce the amount of weapons the EU does in a whole year.
He said Vladimir Putin has "completely switched to a war economy" in order to fuel the protracted conflict with Ukraine, which has now been raging for more than 1,000 days. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) politican spoke at an event organised by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Arnsberg in the west of the country.
He warned that Germany's "security is a fragile commodity" and its "combat capability" needs to see more investment in order to compete with Russia.