The German public is looking more like mushrooms every day as the economy stalls, energy prices have rocketed, populist parties are threatened with bans and armament spending is planned to go through the roof.

Sky News reports Germany's lame duck Chancellor Merz, confimed that the German public are going to be treated like mushrooms, especially in connection with the war in Ukraine:

"Under my leadership, the debate about arms deliveries, calibre, weapons systems and so on will be taken out of the public eye," Mr Merz told RTL/ntv broadcasters during a visit to Kyiv on 10 May.

Germany's government only sporadically reported military aid supplied to Ukraine following Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, until pressure from politicians and media resulted in it publishing a list of systems and goods.

The chancellor also said earlier this month that Germany would stop publishing details of military aid to Ukraine to achieve "strategic ambiguity" and prevent Russia from gaining any strategic advantages.

It's unlikely that the Russians are suffering from any kind of 'strategic ambiguity'.

They know they are at war with NATO and with Germany and we all know what the result was the last time that happened.