Germany could help Ukraine with finding fighting-age men, minister says – POLITICO

The German government could help Kyiv with bringing men of military age who reside in the country back to Ukraine, said Foreign Affairs Minister Johann Wadephul.

In an interview with Paul Ronzheimer of the Axel Springer Global Reporters Network released Wednesday, Wadephul said Berlin could share its data on Ukrainian men with German residency permits.

“We know who lives here. For example, who receives social benefits or who is registered here,” said Wadephul. On the basis of this data, these men could “be contacted by the Ukrainian government and called upon.” The whole process, however, should run “without coercion,” added the minister.