According to Eva Högl, the Bundestag Commissioner for the Armed Forces, the drastic increase in the rapid deployment force announced by NATO will put a heavy strain on the Bundeswehr. “It is foreseeable that the demands on Germany will increase. For the Bundeswehr, this means an enormous challenge and requires great efforts in terms of personnel, material, equipment and infrastructure,” Högl told the Augsburger Allgemeine.
At the beginning of the Russian attack on Ukraine, Högl criticized the fact that the Bundeswehr soldiers who are supposed to deter the Russian army at the Rukla military base in Lithuania lacked basic equipment, including underwear.
