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The price Berlin agreed for the Wegmann families' half of KNDS is EUR 6.6 billion, while its armament office holds up the Boxer order. The Bundeswehr retires its Chinese training drones and bars cars from some Chinese makers from barracks.
The EU sends a joint team to the US–Ukraine–Russia talks in Abu Dhabi, alongside the E3, Italy and NATO. The Ukraine force of the Coalition of the Willing begins its first exercise in Poland. Pistorius says Germany cannot give Ukraine more Patriot systems for now.
Trump's envoys list five goals for a broader European security framework; Berlin says the war must end before a European security order is discussed, and Europeans must be in the peace talks.
