Moscow said it had launched one of its fighter jets to fly over the Baltic Sea along with a German reconnaissance aircraft that, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, approached Russia’s borders. And the Russian Defense Ministry said that an air target approaching the Russian borders was detected by means of controlling Russian airspace over the Baltic Sea. “A Su-27 fighter of the Baltic Air Force took off” to fly past “this P-3C Orion of the German Navy,” the report says. The announcement of the incident comes hours after the resignation of German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht, after a series of omissions, and at a time when there are increasing calls for Germany to step up military support for Ukraine. Kyiv demands Leopard tanks from Berlin. Berlin has not yet agreed to this request, realizing that this approval will increase the tension between it and Moscow. Lambrecht’s resignation comes ahead of a meeting scheduled for Friday between Western allies and the United States at the American Ramstein base in Germany, during which new aid to Ukraine is expected to be announced. Meanwhile, in Berlin, he announced the nomination of the relatively obscure German Social Democratic politician Boris Pistorius, who currently heads the Interior Ministry in Lower Saxony, as the new defense minister. February). It angered the Ukrainian authorities by announcing the shipment of 5,000 helmets, and President Volodymyr Zelensky demanded heavy weapons. She also used a military helicopter to go on vacation with her eldest son. The latest omission was her appearance in a video clip in which she wished her a Happy New Year and praised the “meetings” that the war in Ukraine had allowed her.