10:36 02-12-2025

Pentagon Cuts Contact with Berlin on Ukraine, Freuding Says

David B. Gleason from Chicago, IL, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

German General Christian Freuding says the Pentagon has cut contact with Berlin, leaving Germany uninformed about halted Ukraine arms supplies.

The Pentagon has effectively cut off communication with Germany’s Defense Ministry, including on matters involving Ukraine, Atlantic reports, citing German Lieutenant General Christian Freuding.

According to the publication, Freuding recalled that he used to message U.S. defense officials «day and night.» Now, he said, those channels have been «severed» and communication with his counterparts in Washington has collapsed.

The general noted that the administration of U. S. President Donald Trump did not inform Berlin before halting several arms deliveries to Ukraine. As a result, he had to seek clarification through the German Embassy in Washington.

Freuding argued that the long-standing framework in which Washington showed consistent interest in European security is rapidly fading into the past.