16:33 (15:33)⇢Atlantic Boarding of the Shadow Fleet
⌨German editorial priorities have shifted towards the military escalation in the Atlantic, where US special forces boarded and seized Russian-flagged 'shadow fleet' tankers (Zeit, Welt, Merkur, Sueddeutsche, FR, Spiegel, Bild, Tagesspiegel). Domestic reporting is split between the precarious state of national gas reserves during a severe cold snap (Berliner Zeitung, WAZ, RP Online) and the ideological debate surrounding the potential deployment of German soldiers to Ukraine (TAZ).