Düsseldorf

Rheinmetall, Germany's largest defense company, plans to increase its production of artillery ammunition to 700,000 shells per year by expanding its production capacity in Germany and building new plants in Ukraine and Lithuania.

Ukrainian basketball player Artem Kozachenko, who was seriously injured in an armed attack in Germany that killed his teammate, has died in hospital from his injuries.

A 15-year-old Ukrainian boy suffered severe head injuries after being beaten in a xenophobic attack in Germany, and the Consulate General in Düsseldorf is providing consular assistance to the victim.

A 15-year-old Ukrainian teenager suffered severe head injuries after he was attacked and hit in the head with an unknown object by someone who insulted him because of his nationality at a facility in the German city of Mettmann near Düsseldorf.

A 15-year-old German-Turkish schoolboy from Gelsenkirchen was the prime suspect in the stabbing of two Ukrainian basketball players, one of whom died, at a train station in Oberhausen, Germany, according to video evidence and reports.

German police have detained the attacker who killed 17-year-old basketball player Volodymyr Yermakov. He attacked the boy and his friend because they were Ukrainians.

A 17-year-old Ukrainian basketball player was fatally stabbed because of his Ukrainian nationality.

On Wednesday, German ground staff at five major airports will go on strike, disrupting flights.

More than 1,100 flights will be canceled at 11 German airports on February 1 due to a strike by airport workers.

The German climate activist group The Last Generation has announced that they will no longer be sticking themselves to the roadway on highways. Instead, starting in March, they will be organizing large "disobedience gatherings" and protesting at fossil fuel extraction sites. They aim to confront politicians and decision-makers responsible for climate destruction more directly.