"Illegal oil sales from shadow fleet ships are a critical lifeline for Russia’s war in Ukraine, and we’ll continue to cut them off," Kaja Kallas, the EU's top diplomat, said.

“The European Hypersonic Defence Interceptor (EU HYDEF) is a project co-funded by the European Union under the European Defence Fund, as well as by Belgium, Germany, Norway, Poland and Spain. OCCAR has been entrusted with the management of the EU HYDEF project by the European Commission and the Participating States.”

The Bundeswehr is pursuing a number of other major procurement programmes for main battle tanks, artillery systems, and air defences.

How is the German military preparing for a potential conflict on NATO's eastern flank? Euronews spent a week with Germany's Lithuania Brigade and electronic warfare units near the Belarusian border.