{"id":58827,"date":"2022-02-24T20:20:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T20:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/02\/24\/german-defense-ministry-preps-citizens-for-possible-military-movements\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:19:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:19:43","slug":"german-defense-ministry-preps-citizens-for-possible-military-movements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2022\/02\/24\/german-defense-ministry-preps-citizens-for-possible-military-movements\/","title":{"rendered":"German defense ministry preps citizens for possible military movements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2013 The German Ministry of Defense has notified citizens about potential disruptions in the country\u2019s transit system, as Berlin implements NATO guidance for quickly moving troops to reinforce allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement Thursday follows an overnight, multi-front push by Russian forces into Ukraine, shutting the door to the kind of diplomatic resolution that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2022\/02\/07\/biden-germanys-scholz-tout-unity-on-ukraine-russia-standoff\/\">German leaders<\/a> had vested much of their political capital in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ministry told Germans to be prepared for movements by the Bundeswehr, Germany\u2019s armed forces, through \u201cpublic space.\u201d In addition, there could be transit restrictions because transport capacities on land, at sea and in the air must be set aside for NATO activation plans, according to the announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The triggering of \u201cnational alarm measures,\u201d as German defense officials called them, flows from a NATO catalog of steps, dubbed \u201ccrisis response measures,\u201d activated by the alliance early Thursday. 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