Ukraine and Germany try to shift from crisis mode to strategic partnership 'We need to get away from our mindset that we are living in peace' former NATO Deputy Director for Defense and Security co-operation, Gerlinde Niehus tells Berlin Briefing co-hosts Michaela Küfner and Nina Haase on this episode. Europe may be in a “shadow war”, yet Germany and Ukraine want to declare a new normal. Four years into Russia's war of aggression Friedrich Merz and Volodimir Zelenskyy just revived the format of