{"id":6090,"date":"2026-04-20T21:03:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/6090\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T21:03:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:03:27","slug":"germany-summons-russian-ambassador-after-threats-to-attack-targets-on-its-soil-ukraine-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/6090\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany summons Russian ambassador after threats to attack targets on its soil | Ukraine news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:500;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5\">Berlin called the threats an attempt to undermine European unity and vowed a firm response. Diplomats signaled stepped up security measures while coordinating with allies.<\/p>\n<p>The German Foreign Office summoned Russia\u2019s ambassador Sergey Nechayev over direct threats to attack targets on German territory, which Berlin regards as an attempt to weaken support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement by the German Foreign Office, published on X, it outlines the response to these threats and confirms Berlin\u2019s firm stance on safeguarding Ukrainian security.<\/p>\n<p>Direct threats by Russia to attack targets in Germany are an attempt to weaken our support for Ukraine and test our unity<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 German Federal Foreign Office<\/p>\n<p>Reaction and Next Steps<\/p>\n<p>The ministry stressed that Germany will not be intimidated and will respond firmly. Such threats and any forms of espionage on German soil are unacceptable, diplomats assure.<\/p>\n<p>The statement\u2019s wording does not always make clear which specific targets the threats referred to, but it is known that the reaction was aimed at strengthening Europe\u2019s security and unity.<\/p>\n<p>According to Germany\u2019s Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius, during a Ramstein-format meeting on 15 April, Germany will provide Ukraine with Patriot missiles, several IRIS-T systems, and \u20ac300 million for long-range drones.<\/p>\n<p>Such steps demonstrate Berlin\u2019s commitment to supporting Ukraine and strengthening the defense of European allies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Berlin called the threats an attempt to undermine European unity and vowed a firm response. Diplomats signaled stepped&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4651,5,6005,6004,42,6006,6007,6008],"class_list":["post-6090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-germany","tag-european-security","tag-germany","tag-germany-russia","tag-germany-russia-russian-ambassador-threats-to-germany-support-for-ukraine-european-security","tag-news","tag-russian-ambassador","tag-support-for-ukraine","tag-threats-to-germany"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}