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UNCOVERED: German defence minister lambrecht announces resignation - Caught on Camera

FILE PHOTO: German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht attends a news conference on the Puma battle tanks, following a meeting at the Ministry of Defence in Berlin, Germany, January 13, 2023. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht has asked Chancellor Olaf Scholz for her dismissal, she said in a statement on Monday, the culmination of growing scepticism about her ability to bring the German army into shape against the backdrop of the Ukraine war.

"Today I asked the chancellor to dismiss me from the office of federal minister of defence," Lambrecht, a member of Scholz's Social Democratic Party (SPD), said in the statement.

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